ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,707, issued on May 20, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Electric work machine" was invented by Itsuku Kato (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, a first connector, a second connector, an energizing circuit, a manual switch, and a controller. The controller outputs a first control signal to the energizing circuit to electrically connect the first connector to the motor, increases an actual rotational speed of the motor at a first rate, outputs the first control signal to the energizing circuit to electrically connect the seco...