ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,651, issued on April 7, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Electric work machine and screwing tool" was invented by Makoto Chikaraishi (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intended illumination area is illuminated with light. An electric work machine includes a motor including a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a front-rear direction, an output unit located frontward from the motor and operable under a rotational force from the rotor, a light emitter, and an optical member including at least one light receiver that receives light from the light emitter and a light guide surrounding at least a par...