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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Mackenzie J. Nick, Theresa, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
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 arranged between the yoke and the toothed surface of the output member. The circumferential wall has a first window and a second window and the selection ring is moveable between a first position and a second position. The selection ring also includes a tab extending radially outward from the circumferential wall and the housing for moving the selection ring between the first and second positions.