ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,603, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool" was invented by Fumitoshi Numata (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat generated during braking is reduced to prevent reduction in braking performance or the service life of the components. A grinder includes a housing, an operable member, a switch operable to be turned on or off in response to an operation on the operable member, a rotational shaft rotatable in response to an operation for turning on the switch, and a brake assembly that applies braking to the rotational shaft with the switch being in an off state and to release the braking a...