US 12,330,279 B2
Powered fastener driver
Bryan C. Ward, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Jacob N. Zimmerman, Pewaukee, WI (US); Andrew J. Weber, Cudahy, WI (US); Marcus Wechselberger, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,201.
Application 18/397,201 is a continuation of application No. 18/168,965, filed on Feb. 14, 2023.
Application 18/168,965 is a continuation of application No. 17/210,979, filed on Mar. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,975,432.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/129,056, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/056,904, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,361, filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131672 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B25C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 1/043 (2013.01) [B25C 1/047 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener driver comprising:
an outer cylinder having a cylindrical first end and an opposite, second end, the outer cylinder defining a longitudinal axis and a storage chamber configured to be filled with pressurized gas;
an inner cylinder positioned within the outer cylinder, the inner cylinder being in communication with the pressurized gas within the storage chamber;
a moveable piston positioned within the inner cylinder;
a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position along a drive axis;
a frame having a first end adjacent the cylindrical first end of the outer cylinder and a second end extending outward from the cylindrical first end of the outer cylinder in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the frame integrally formed with the outer cylinder as a single piece; and
a nosepiece supported by the frame.