ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,105, issued on July 15, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Impact tool and method for manufacturing impact wrench" was invented by Tomoya Hattori (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leak of a lubricant oil contained in a hammer case is reduced. An impact tool includes a motor including a rotor, a striker rotatable by the rotor, an anvil strikable by the striker, a hammer case having an opening, an anvil bearing fixed to the hammer case inside the hammer case and supporting the anvil, a seal between the anvil bearing and the anvil inside the hammer case, and a support facing the opening and supporting the seal from...