ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,061, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electric tool" was invented by Kohei Suto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric tool includes an output part that comes into contact with a working target to process the working target, a motor that drives the output part, and a sensor that measures capacitance of a metal part comprising the output part. The electric tool detects a foreign object based on a change in the capacitance measured by the sensor."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/410,242.

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