ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,011, issued on June 3, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Electric work machine" was invented by Makoto Chikaraishi (Anjo, Japan) and Fuminari Fujii (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work machine (1) includes: a motor (6) having a rotor (23), which rotates about a rotational axis relative to a stator (22A; 22B; 22C; 22D); an output part (8) driven by the rotor; and a temperature-detecting device (101; 111; 121; 131) disposed on or in the stator. The stator includes: a stator core (33; 330) having teeth (38; 380), which radially protrude from a yoke (37); an insulator (34; 340), which has tooth-covering ...