ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,223, issued on July 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electric working machine with electric battery power" was invented by Takuya Odaka (Wako, Japan) and Kenta Sugitate (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric working machine includes a machine body, a motor mounted on the machine body and driven by electric power supplied from a battery, a working part driven by motive power of the motor to perform work, and a cover that covers the motor. The cover includes an output terminal for supplying the electric power of the battery to the outside."

The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2022, under Application No...