ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,582, issued on April 21, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool" was invented by Tatsuya Nagahama (Anjo, Japan), Junya Inuzuka (Anjo, Japan) and Takashi Momose (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing formed of two half-housings and an end cap. A stator is mounted in the housing, and a rotor including a rotor core and a permanent magnet is mounted in the stator core. A rotary shaft having an axis of rotation extending in a front-rear direction supports the rotor core. Insulators are mounted at front and rear axial ends of the stator core, a planetary gear is mounted forward of the ...