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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2024
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Casey D. Garces, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Mitchell T. Neuhoff, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jacob N. Zimmerman, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Christopher J. Vanackeren, Waukesha, WI (US);
Grace Whitmore, Palatine, IL (US);
Marcus Wechselberger, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jason M. Julius, Waukesha, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A fastener driver includes a magazine configured to receive fasteners, a nosepiece including a fastener driving channel from which consecutive fasteners from the magazine are driven, and a workpiece contact element movable relative to the nosepiece between an extended position and a retracted position. A portion of the workpiece contact element is slidably positioned within the fastener driving channel. The portion of the workpiece contact element having an aperture extending therethrough in which the fasteners pass from the magazine through the aperture into the fastener driving channel of the nosepiece to be fired. The portion of the workpiece contact element further includes a guide assembly positioned thereon. The guide assembly configured to guide the fastener along the portion of the workpiece contact element within the fastener driving channel as the fastener is being fired into a workpiece.