ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,319, issued on May 12, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Ratcheting tool" was invented by Mackenzie J. Nick (Theresa, Wis.) and Jeffrey M. Wackwitz (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered ratchet tool includes a housing and an output member. The output member has an inner opening, an outer toothed surface, and an output member aperture extending through the outer toothed surface to the inner opening. The powered ratchet tool further includes a drive mechanism for driving the output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke in which the output member is arranged. The yoke has a yoke a...