ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,467, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Electric work machine" was invented by Fuminari Fujii (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric work machine is driven appropriately. An electric work machine includes a motor including a stator, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a rotor shaft fixed to the rotor, an output unit drivable by the rotor shaft, a motor case accommodating the stator and the rotor, a magnet located inside the motor case and rotatable by the rotor, and a magnetic sensor located inside the motor case to detect the magnet."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2022, unde...