US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 15 for "One-piece fill valve for powered fastener driver" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,662, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"One-piece fill valve for powered fastener driver" was invented by Benjamin J. Roubik (Milwaukee), David M. Pittman (Sussex, Wis.), Ryan P. Weister (Waukesha, Wis.) and Alex G. Bournoville (New Berlin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered fastener driver including a storage chamber cylinder, a fill port, and a one-piece fill valve. The storage chamber cylinder encloses a piston cylinder and defines therewith a storage chamber in which compressed gas is stored. The fill port is in communication with the storage chamber. The one-piece f...