ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,262, issued on May 27, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Technique for protecting motor in electric work machine from over temperature" was invented by Dai Suzuki (Anjo, Japan), Masayuki Okamura (Anjo, Japan) and Itsuku Kato (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure calculates an estimated heat value based on an electric current value and a parameter. The estimated heat value corresponds to an estimated heat generation amount of a motor. The electric current value corresponds to a magnitude of an electric current delivered from a power source to the moto...