ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,683, issued on May 20, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Connecting structure between power tool and attachment" was invented by Fumitoshi Numata (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting structure between a power tool and an attachment includes a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is configured to be actuated when the attachment is moved in a first direction relative to the power tool in response to an attaching operation being performed on the attachment by a user, and to lock the attachment in an attachment position to be immovable in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the attachment ...