ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,810, issued on March 18, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool having rotary hammer mechanism" was invented by Hitoshi Iida (Anjo, Japan), Masanori Furusawa (Anjo, Japan) and Kei Watanabe (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool having a rotary hammer mechanism has a motor, a driving mechanism, a tool body that houses the motor and the driving mechanism, a handle having a grip part, and a first operation member. The driving mechanism is configured to operate by power of the motor in an action mode that is selected from a plurality of operation modes including a first mode of at least rotationally dr...