US Patent Issued to MAKITA on July 14 for "Electrical apparatus and apparatus system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,417, issued on July 14, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Electrical apparatus and apparatus system" was invented by Junichi Murakami (Anjo, Japan) and Hideyuki Taga (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a battery-side terminal and a housing. The housing includes a groove defined in a vicinity of the battery-side terminal. The electrical apparatus includes a body case; and a hook attached to the body case and configured to be engaged with the groove of the battery pack. The battery pack is fixed to the electrical apparatus by the hook being engaged with the groove."

The patent was filed on Au...