ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,702, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Electric power tool" was invented by Ding Zhao (Anjo, Japan) and Daiki Imaida (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power tool includes: a grip extending in a front-rear direction; a motor housing disposed forward of the grip; a motor disposed inside the motor housing and including a stator and a rotor, the rotor being rotatable with respect to the stator; a bevel gear configured to rotate integrally with the rotor and including a shaft extending in the front-rear direction; a spindle directly or indirectly rotated via the bevel gear and extending in...