Patent ID: 7377198

Claim:
A powered adjustable jaw wrench comprising: a wrench body including a wrench body member having a handle portion and a head portion, said head portion defining a stationary jaw; a movable jaw reciprocally mounted to said head portion of said body member in alignment with said stationary jaw, said movable jaw including a gear rack portion; a driven mechanism mounted to said head portion of said body member, said driven mechanism being operably connected to said movable jaw and causing movement of said movable jaw relative to said stationary jaw, said driven mechanism including: a worm gear rotatably mounted in said head portion of said body member, said worm gear engaging said gear rack portion of said movable jaw; and a first indexing wheel operably connected to said worm gear; and a drive mechanism mounted to said body member and including a power source and an indexing mechanism; said indexing mechanism driven by said power source and including an oscillating first pallet member, said first pallet member incrementally driving said first indexing wheel so as to convert an oscillating movement of said first pallet member into an incremental rotatable movement of said first indexing wheel.