ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,752, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Dust collection device for electrically powered tool, and electrically powered tool" was invented by Kiyonobu Yoshikane (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust collector for electric power tool includes a body case, a dust box, a nozzle, and a dust collecting route. The dust box includes a dust-collector-side exhaust port and is installable on an electric power tool. The dust box internally includes a filter. The nozzle is disposed to the body case and includes a suction opening on a front end. The dust collecting route is disposed from the suction openin...