ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,834, issued on July 1, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool dust collection attachment and power tool" was invented by Hitoshi Iida (Anjo, Japan) and Masanori Furusawa (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-suction dust collection attachment including a dust collection motor and a fan can be mechanically coupled and electrically connected to multiple types of power tools. A dust collection attachment attachable to a first power tool includes a casing, a suction portion, a dust collector that captures dust sucked through the suction portion, a fan that generates a suction force in the suction portion, a d...