Patent ID: 8496074

Claim:
A power tool comprising: a housing composed of two divisional housings to be combined together; two receptacle blocks provided on inner surfaces of the two divisional housings, respectively, and configured to protrude opposite to each other from the inner surfaces of the two divisional housings to surround an electric component and to hold the electric component in place when the two divisional housings are combined together into the housing; and a seal layer of an elastic material, formed integrally with one or each of the two receptacle blocks, wherein the seal layer formed on a first receptacle block is pressed against a second receptacle block or another seal layer formed on the second receptacle block to provide sealing between opposed surfaces of the two receptacle blocks when the two divisional housings are combined together, wherein the second receptacle block includes a rib having an end face configured to be opposed to the seal layer formed on the first receptacle block and to receive the seal layer formed on the first receptacle block that is pressed against the rib when the two divisional housings are combined together.