ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,258, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Oil pulse tool, and method for controlling oil pulse tool" was invented by Naoya Asami (Anjo, Japan) and Koji Takahagi (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present disclosure provides an oil pulse tool including an output shaft, an electric motor, an oil unit, and a controller. The oil unit is configured (i) to contain oil therein, (ii) to be rotated by an output of the electric motor, and (iii) to apply an impact to the output shaft using the oil. The controller is configured to perform a protection operation to reduce the output of the ele...