Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Madhav Sai Puppala

Stephen Patrick Moore

Cheryl L Panasik

Yongping Gong

Jeffrey M Stupar

Ghaffar Kazkaz

Thomas M Grobbel

Owen Joseph McGarel

A fastener-driving tool is provided and includes a housing and a workpiece-contacting element movably connected to the housing, where the workpiece-contacting element is movable between a rest position and an activated position. A trigger is movably connected to the housing such that the trigger is movable between a rest position and an activated position. The tool further includes an actuation lever movably connected to the trigger and movable between a rest position and an activated position. A damper mechanism is associated with the actuation lever and is configured to control a rate of movement of the actuation lever between the activated position and the rest position.

Fastener-driving tool including a reversion trigger with a damper

A system, in certain embodiments, includes a cutting tool, a drive, and a chuck rotatable by the drive. The chuck includes a body having a core disposed in a shell, wherein the shell is made of a metal and the core is made of a composite material. The chuck also includes a set of jaws coupled to the body, wherein the jaws are configured to hold a work piece adjacent the cutting tool.

Hybrid lathe chuck

Thermal breaker or thermal barrier structures are disclosed for use in connection with roof decking assemblies wherein the thermal breaker or thermal barrier structures effectively prevent the respective transmission of heating gradients from the interior or exterior building environments to the exterior or interior building environments by thermal conductivity so as to render buildings more energy efficient.

Thermal breaker structures for use with roof decking assemblies

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Glenview, IL, United States of America

Madhav Sai Puppala