US Patent Issued to MAKITA on Oct. 6 for "Striking tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,412, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Striking tool" was invented by Kiyonobu Yoshikane (Anjo, Japan), Masanori Furusawa (Anjo, Japan) and Hideki Tsuji (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structuring technique contributes to the rationalization of dispositioning parts and operability with respect to a striking tool wherein usual operation is defined as a striking operation to the downward in a state that the striking tool is downwardly dropped by the own weight of the striking tool. A striking tool is held by a pair of handles by both hands while striking operation takes place when the striking ...