ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,088, issued on March 24, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Powered fastener driver" was invented by Coby A. Nettleton (Milwaukee), Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens (Milwaukee), Marcus Wechselberger (Milwaukee), David C. Graf (Greendale, Wis.) and Alex D. Servais (Slinger, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener driver includes a magazine having a magazine cover and a magazine body. The magazine cover includes a top surface having an opening defined therein. The magazine body is slidably movable relative to the magazine cover from a closed position to an open position. A latch is coupled to the top sur...