ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,495, issued on March 17, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool having a hammer mechanism" was invented by Yoshitaka Machida (Anjo, Japan), Taro Hisano (Anjo, Japan) and Kazuki Nakagawa (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool having a hammer mechanism has a tool body that houses a motor and a driving mechanism and extends in a front-rear direction; a handle including a grip part that extends in an up-down direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction behind the tool body and has a lower end formed as a free end and is arranged below the driving axis; and a plurality of biasing members configured ...