ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,068, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Impact tool" was invented by Ryunosuke Kumagai (Anjo, Japan), Tokuo Hirabayashi (Anjo, Japan), Hidenori Nagasaka (Anjo, Japan) and Manabu Sugimoto (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact tool includes a brushless motor having coils, a stator core, a stator having an insulating member, and a rotor that is rotatable with respect to the stator. An axis of rotation of the rotor extends in a front-rear direction of the impact tool. A first bearing rotatably supports the rotor and a bearing retainer holds the first bearing. A motor housing houses the brushle...