Patent ID: 6904832

Claim:
A ratchet wrench, comprising a wrench body, a ratchet wheel, a pawl member, and a control member, wherein: the wrench body has an end formed with a receiving hole having a side formed with a receiving recess and a control recess located beside the receiving recess; the ratchet wheel is rotatably mounted in the receiving hole of the wrench body; the pawl member is pivotally mounted in the receiving recess of the wrench body and has a first side engaged with the ratchet wheel and a second side formed with an arcuate concave face; the control member is rotatably mounted in the control recess of the wrench body to control movement of the pawl member in the receiving recess of the wrench body; the control member has a peripheral face rested on the arcuate concave face of the pawl member; the control member drives the pawl member to press a side face of the receiving recess of the wrench body and to engage the ratchet wheel; the ratchet wrench further comprises a locking plate made of an elastic material secured in the receiving recess of the wrench body and rested on the control member for positioning the control member.