US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Jan. 13 for "Powered ratchet wrench with reversing mechanism" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,848, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Powered ratchet wrench with reversing mechanism" was invented by Hans T. Banholzer (Mequon, Wis.), John L. Whealon (West Bend, Wis.) and Ryan A. Dedrickson (Sussex, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ratchet tool including a handle housing including a grip, the handle housing defining a longitudinal axis. The ratchet tool also includes a ratchet assembly including a pawl and an output shaft. The pawl is moveable between a first position in which the pawl is operatively coupled to drive the output shaft in a first direction and a second posit...