ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,766, issued on June 23, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Powered fastener driver" was invented by Mitchell T. Neuhoff (Waukesha, Wis.), Bradley S. Houskamp (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Mark C. Hughes (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece extending from the housing, a driver blade movable within the nosepiece between a ready position and a driven position, a piston coupled to the driver blade for movement therewith, a driver cylinder within which the piston is movable, a magazine coupled to the nosepiece in which collated fasteners are receiv...