US Patent Issued to MAKITA on June 24 for "Impact tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,446, issued on June 24, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Impact tool" was invented by Yuta Suzuki (Anjo, Japan), Makoto Chikaraishi (Anjo, Japan) and Seiichi Ohkawara (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact tool includes a light emitter unit that is isolated from vibrations. An impact tool includes a motor, a hammer rotatable by the motor, an anvil strikable by the hammer in a rotation direction, a hammer case accommodating the hammer, a light emitter unit including a light emitter that illuminates an area adjacent to a front end of the anvil, and a radial elastic member supported by the hammer case and supp...