ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,256, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Ratcheting tool" was invented by Mackenzie J. Nick (Theresa, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered ratchet tool includes a housing, an output member having a toothed surface, and a drive mechanism for driving the output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke in which the output member is arranged. A first pawl is in the yoke and is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member and a second pawl is in the yoke and is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member. A selection ring having a circumferential wall is ar...