ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,394, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Mixer device" was invented by Sho Kakigi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixer device 1 includes: a drum 3 configured to store materials to be mixed; a device body 4 configured to rotatably support the drum 3; an electric motor 6 configured to apply a rotational driving force to the drum 3; and a battery 8 configured to supply electric power to the electric motor 6, wherein a wheel 29 is attached to the device body 4, and the battery 8 is arranged above the wheel 29."

The patent was filed on Aug. 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/881,263.

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