ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,418, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Electric pump" was invented by Takayoshi Iio (Anjo, Japan), Tomoyuki Kutsuna (Anjo, Japan) and Takaaki Kato (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric pump may include: a motor unit; and a pump unit configured to be driven by the motor unit and discharge water. The motor unit may include: a body housing including a battery holding part configured to hold at least one battery pack; and an electric motor accommodated in the body housing and configured to drive the pump unit. The at least one battery pack is configured to be used in the electric pump and i...