ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,494, issued on March 17, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany), Robert Bosch Power Tools GmbH (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany) and Basso Industry Corp. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Protective support structure for nailer" was invented by Peter Wierzchon (Morton Grove, Ill.) and Chien-Kuo Po (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nailer assembly includes a housing defining a drive section at a forward portion of the nailer assembly, and a grip section at an upper portion of the nailer assembly. A fastener magazine is located beneath the grip section and includes a feed portion proximate the drive section a...