ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,853, issued on July 1, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Work tool" was invented by Yoshitaka Machida (Anjo, Japan) and Taro Hisano (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing and a handle. The driving mechanism is configured to perform an operation of linearly reciprocating the tool accessory along a driving axis extending in a front-rear direction. The handle includes a grip part extending substantially in an up-down direction, and a battery-mounting part provided on a lower side of the grip part. An upper end portion of the handle is connected to a rear en...