ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,700, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool having a hammer mechanism" was invented by Takahiro Nishikawa (Anjo, Japan) and Yoshiro Tada (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool having a hammer mechanism includes a final output shaft configured to removably hold a tool accessory and defining a driving axis of the tool accessory, a housing, and a handle movable relative to the housing in an axial direction of the driving axis. The housing and the handle at least partially have such a shape that a radial distance between the housing and the handle is shorter when the handle is located...