US Patent Issued to MAKITA on Dec. 9 for "Power tool and hammer drill" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,615, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Power tool and hammer drill" was invented by Mizuki Yamamoto (Anjo, Japan) and Yoshitaka Machida (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool can receive two different auxiliary handles in a replaceable manner. A power tool includes a tool body, a main handle, a cylindrical handle mount to which a first auxiliary handle or a second auxiliary handle is attachable and having a groove, the first auxiliary handle, and the second auxiliary handle. The first auxiliary handle includes an arc-shaped first band, a band holder that changes the diameter of the first ...