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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998

Filed:

Jan. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Gregory A Zurbuchen, Kenosha, WI (US);

Dean J Iwinski, Muskego, WI (US);

George Ulics, Gladwin, MI (US);

Assignee:

Snap-on Technologies, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81 61 ; 81900 ;
Abstract

A double-ended ratcheting box end wrench includes a body formed entirely of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic material with box-type ratcheting inserts molded at opposite ends of the body. The body includes layers of random discontinuous glass-fiber-reinforced plastic material and a band of unidirectional continuous glass-fiber-reinforced plastic material. The body is subjected to a compression molding process embedded within which are the ratcheting inserts to form a composite wrench structure. Each insert includes a two-part housing in which are disposed a ratchet gear, a pawl and a bias spring.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Zurbuchen, Gregory. (1998). Composite box wrench with ratchet module insert (U.S. Patent No. 5713251). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5713251

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