Patent ID: 11872678
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A fastener driver comprising:
a housing;
a cylinder supported by the housing;
a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder; and
a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, the driver blade including
an elongated body having a first end connected to the piston, a second end opposite the first end, a top surface extending between the first and second ends, a bottom surface opposite the top surface and extending between the first and second ends, a first side extending between the top and bottom surfaces, and a second side extending between the top and bottom surfaces opposite the first side,
a plurality of teeth extending from the first side of the elongated body along a first portion of the elongated body between the first end and the second end,
a second portion of the elongated body devoid of the teeth extending between the first portion of the elongated body and the second end,
a longitudinal axis extending centrally through the second portion,
a common plane extending centrally through the elongated body between the first and second sides of the elongated body, and
a tip portion defining the second end of the elongated body and configured to contact a fastener;

wherein the top surface and the bottom surface of the driver blade are parallel to the common plane,
wherein the tip portion is bisected by a central axis that is parallel with the longitudinal axis such that the tip portion is laterally offset relative to the second portion in a direction along the common plane.