Patent ID: 11858110
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A powered fastener driver for driving fasteners into a workpiece, the powered fastener driver comprising:
a driver unit including
a housing,
a motor supported within the housing,
a drive blade coupled to the motor and configured to move between a driven position and a top-dead-center position, wherein the drive blade moves along a drive blade axis;
a first coupler;

a handle unit having a battery receptacle for receiving a battery pack, a trigger, and a second coupler, the handle unit being selectively and removably attachable to the driver unit, wherein the first and second couplers selectively engage one another to mechanically and electrically connect the driver unit to the handle unit; and
a handle extension selectively and removably attachable intermediate the handle unit and the driver unit, wherein the handle unit defines a handle axis that extends orthogonal to the drive blade axis when the powered fastener driver is arranged in a first configuration with the handle unit directly attached to the driver unit and parallel to the drive blade axis when the powered fastener driver is arranged in a second configuration with the handle extension coupled between the handle unit and the driver unit; and
a nosepiece located at a front end of the housing, wherein the nosepiece includes a means for inserting fasteners into the powered fastener driver and the means for inserting fasteners is selected from a group consisting of a barrel having a side hinge barrel segment that opens to receive a fastener, a torsion sleeve that rotates to reveal an opening for receiving a fastener, a break-barrel that rotates about a bottom hinge to reveal an opening for receiving a fastener, a door that rotates about a top hinge to reveal an opening for receiving a fastener, and a harmonica revolver that rotates to reveal an opening for receiving a fastener.