ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,087, issued on May 13, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool" was invented by Akira Niwa (Anjo, Japan) and Kei Kouda (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a brushless motor having a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core having teeth, first and second insulators fixed to the stator core, and coils respectively wound around the teeth, all of the coils being wound around the first and second insulators. The rotor includes a rotor core disposed in the interior of the stator, a rotary shaft fixed to the rotor core, and one or more permanent magnets fixed to the rotor core. Powe...