US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on May 19 for "Powered fastener driver" (South Carolina, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,805, issued on May 19, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Powered fastener driver" was invented by Edward A. Pomeroy (Piedmont, S.C.), Elton L. Watson (Greenville, S.C.) and Justin Clack (Oak Grove, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered fastener driver includes a first cylinder, a first piston positioned within the first cylinder, a second cylinder in fluid communication with the first cylinder, and a second piston positioned within the second cylinder. The second piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position to initiate a fastener driving cycle. A drive blade is ...