US 12,420,396 B2
Powered fastener driver
Joseph Manuel Suarez, Anderson, SC (US)
Assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed by TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,757.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/347,923, filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0390909 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B25C 7/00 (2006.01); B25C 1/04 (2006.01); B25C 1/06 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 7/00 (2013.01) [B25C 1/047 (2013.01); B25C 1/06 (2013.01); F21V 23/0442 (2013.01); F21V 33/008 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powered fastener driver configured to drive a fastener into a workpiece, the powered fastener driver comprising:
a driver blade configured to be movable between a top-dead center position and a bottom-dead center position;
a lifter operable to move the driver blade from the bottom-dead center position toward the top-dead center position;
a nose piece through which the driver blade is extendable when moving from the top-dead center position to the bottom-dead center position;
a magazine configured to transfer individual fasteners into the nose piece, the magazine having a front side configured to face the workpiece during driving of the fastener, an opposite rear side, and a lateral side extending between the front side and the rear side;
a light positioned adjacent the lateral side of the magazine between the front side and the rear side and closer to the front side than the rear side;
a housing including a compartment within which the light is at least partially positioned, wherein the compartment of the housing is positioned laterally outboard of the magazine; and
a dry fire lockout mechanism at least partially positioned within the compartment.