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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2025
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
David A Bierdeman, New Berlin, WI (US);
Troy C. Thorson, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Jacob P. Schneider, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Mackenzie J. Nick, Theresa, WI (US);
Nathan Bandy, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Travis W. Leathrum, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Mitchell T. Neuhoff, Waukesha, WI (US);
Mark C. Hughes, Waukesha, WI (US);
David C. Graf, Greendale, WI (US);
Marcus Wechselberger, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens, Glendale, WI (US);
Jacob N. Zimmerman, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Jason M. Julius, Waukesha, WI (US);
Rosalie C. Phillips, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Beth E. Cholst, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, and a drive unit providing torque to move the driver blade, the drive unit having an output shaft defining a rotational axis. The driver further includes a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade and receives torque from the drive unit in a rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position, an aperture defined within the lifter through which the output shaft extends permitting radial movement of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position, and a spring biasing the lifter to the first position. The lifter translates in a radial direction relative to the output shaft from the first position toward the second position from engagement with the driver blade while rotating in the rotational direction.