US 12,172,275 B2
Fastener driving tool
Michael Stephen Popovich, Bartlett, IL (US); Stephen Patrick Moore, Palatine, IL (US); Walter Taylor, Mchenry, IL (US); and Alex Daniel Makeyev, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,657.
Application 17/873,657 is a continuation of application No. 16/989,311, filed on Aug. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,426,851.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,904, filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355457 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25C 1/08 (2006.01); B25C 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 1/08 (2013.01) [B25C 5/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener driving tool comprising:
a main housing;
a fastener driving assembly connected to the main housing;
a handle assembly connected to the main housing;
a trigger assembly connected to the main housing;
a workpiece contact assembly connected to the main housing; and
a fuel cell receiving assembly partially positioned in and connected to the main housing, the fuel cell receiving assembly including:
a fuel cell door pivotally connected to the main housing,
a fuel cell receiver connected to and in fluid communication with a fuel valve stem defining a lower portion of a fuel cell metering valve, the fuel cell receiver positioned in the main housing to receive and engage the fuel cell metering valve of a fuel cell, the fuel cell metering valve configured to dispense a dose of fuel from the fuel cell, and
a fuel dosing lever within the main housing, separate from the fuel cell door, and pivotable about a pivot point to exert an axial force on the fuel cell receiver, the pivot point of the fuel dosing lever being independent from the fuel cell door, wherein the fuel dosing lever includes:
a dosing lever base;
a first dosing lever arm connected to a first end of the dosing lever base;
a second dosing lever arm connected to a second end of the dosing lever base;
a first dosing lever pivot pin connected to and transversely extending from the first dosing lever arm;
a second dosing lever pivot pin connected to and transversely extending from the second dosing lever arm;
a first dosing lever engagement end connected to the first dosing lever arm; and
a second dosing lever engagement end connected to the second dosing lever arm.