ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,083, issued on March 4, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool and impact driver" was invented by Ding Zhao (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes: a motor having a rotor, which rotates about a motor rotational axis extending in a front-rear direction; an output part, which is disposed more forward than the motor and is rotated in response to rotation of the rotor; a housing including: a motor-housing part, which houses the motor; a grip part, which extends downward from the motor-housing part; a battery-holding part, which is connected to a lower-end portion of the grip part; a control cir...