ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,404, issued on July 7, was assigned to Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Fastener driver" was invented by Guang Li (Nanjing, China), Jie Jiang (Nanjing, China), Ran Lan (Nanjing, China), Yuemei Min (Nanjing, China) and Yongkang Wu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener driver includes a battery pack; a striking assembly including a striking member configured to strike a fastener; a drive assembly including at least a drive wheel configured to drive the striking member to move along a central axis of the striking member; an electric motor configured to drive the drive wheel to rotate; and a control...