ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,847, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Ratcheting tool" was invented by Hans T. Banholzer (Mequon, Wis.) and Jonathan Paul (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered ratchet tool including a housing and a drive mechanism for driving an output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke through which the output member extends. The ratchet tool further comprises a first selective pawl, a second selective pawl, and a non-selective pawl in the yoke that are biased toward an outer toothed surface of the output member. The outer toothed surface includes first and second selective...