US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on Sept. 23 for "Powered fastener driver" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,396, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Powered fastener driver" was invented by Joseph Manuel Suarez (Anderson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade, a lifter, a nose piece, a magazine, and a light. The driver blade is configured to be movable between a top-dead center position and a bottom-dead center position. The lifter is operable to move the driver blade from the bottom-dead center position toward the top-dead center position. The drier blade is extendable through the nose piece when moving from the top-dead center position to the botto...