ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,117, issued on July 15, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Electric kettle and power supply unit" was invented by Atsushi Hori (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric kettle has a kettle body and a power supply unit that is configured to supply power to the kettle body. The power supply unit has a plate part, a power supply base and a mounting unit. The plate part has a first surface and a second surface. The power supply base is arranged on a side of the first surface of the plate part and configured such that the kettle body is placed on top thereof. The power supply base has a power supply connection part...