ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,804, issued on July 8, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool having a hammer mechanism" was invented by Hajime Takeuchi (Anjo, Japan) and Masanori Furusawa (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool having a hammer mechanism includes a motor, a driving mechanism operably connected to the motor and configured to at least linearly drive a tool accessory along a driving axis, a tool body that houses the motor and the driving mechanism, an outer housing elastically connected to the tool body such that the outer housing at least partially covers the tool body and being slidable relative to the tool body in a...