B25B 13/46
Spanners: of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of
Official title: of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of the handle
B25B13/46 (Spanners: of the ratchet type, for providing a free return stroke of) appears on 2,009 US grants and 1,891 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25B- Granted patents
- 2,009
- Published applications
- 1,891
- Assignees
- 457
- Inventors
- 1,979
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 79 | 8 |
| 2002 | 49 | 43 |
| 2003 | 54 | 65 |
| 2004 | 52 | 107 |
| 2005 | 67 | 92 |
| 2006 | 88 | 81 |
| 2007 | 67 | 69 |
| 2008 | 47 | 53 |
| 2009 | 16 | 46 |
| 2010 | 24 | 81 |
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| 2012 | 53 | 66 |
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| 2019 | 59 | 89 |
| 2020 | 59 | 87 |
| 2021 | 48 | 90 |
| 2022 | 89 | 60 |
| 2023 | 45 | 46 |
| 2024 | 41 | 64 |
| 2025 | 35 | 61 |
| 2026 | 30 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Biased pawl ratcheting wrench29 Sep 2026US 12,746,643 B2Great Star Tools USA, Inc.
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- Switch-positioning device of a ratchet wrench15 Sep 2026US 12,734,647 B2
- Ratchet tool8 Sep 2026US 12,728,505 B2Black & Decker Inc.
- Dual Action Driver Ratchet8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307218 A1Grip Holdings LLC
- Counter-torque driver tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295781 A1C-Torq, LLC
- Adjustable jaw installation tool for mechanical pipe fitting24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284839 A1
- Ratchet tool with switch sleeve17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273703 A1Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
- Powered ratchet tool with multi-piece crankshaft assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273705 A1
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By later US patents
- Hand-powered tool1,026US 4,154,122 A1979
- Non-spherical cavity electrophoretic displays and materials for making the same156US 7,391,555 B2E Ink Corporation · 2008
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- Non-spherical cavity electrophoretic displays and methods and materials for making the same128US 7,109,968 B2E Ink Corporation · 2006
- Socket wrench and set113US 4,328,720 A1982