ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,097, issued on July 15, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool" was invented by Junya Ishikawa (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool has highly airtight electrical connection between a controller and a switch to effectively prevent a short circuit. A grinder includes a housing, a motor accommodated in the housing, a controller accommodated in the housing and including a circuit board and a controller terminal located on a first facing surface and electrically connected to the circuit board, a switch accommodated in the housing and including a switch terminal located on a second facing surface facin...