ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,089, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Electric kettle and power supply unit" was invented by Atsushi Hori (Anjo, Japan) and Yasuyuki Fujimoto (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric kettle has a kettle body and a power supply unit that is configured to supply power to the kettle body. The power supply unit has a power supply base, a mounting unit and a first detection part. The power supply base is configured such that the kettle body is placed on top thereof, and has a power supply connection part that is configured to be electrically removably connected to a power receiving connection ...