ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,704, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Anchoring tool" was invented by Daniel White (Bettendorf, Iowa), Eric Siegel (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Jeremy Rubens (Palatine, Ill.) and Walter Bernardi (Highland Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchoring tool includes a driving member defining a striking axis and a driving actuator configured to actuate the driving member along the striking axis to drive a first fastener into a workpiece. The anchoring tool further includes a bending mechanism having a first deforming member configured to deform the first fastener at least partially out of ...