ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,024, issued on April 14, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power tool" was invented by Yasuhito Kawai (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes: a motor; a rotation mechanism disposed forward of the motor and including an output portion that is rotated about a rotation axis by the motor; a rotation mechanism case that houses at least a part of the rotation mechanism; a case holder having a cylindrical shape and covering a circumference of the rotation mechanism case such that the output portion protrudes forward; and a grip portion to be gripped by an operator. The grip portion includes a left grip porti...