ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,908, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Internal dual pawl mechanism for indexable motorized ratchet tools" was invented by Joshua M. Beer (Kenosha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pawl mechanism for an indexable tool and adapted to selectively transmit rotational motion of a yoke of the tool to a drive lug of the tool in one of first and second rotational directions. The pawl mechanism including a pawl carrier, first and second pawls pivotably coupled to the pawl carrier, and a selector switch rotatably coupled to the pawl carrier and adapted to selectively position the first and second pawls to ...