MARK DOUGLAS SWINFORD
Pilots at Marycrest Ln, Dayton, OH

6776186, Aug 17, 2004

Jun 7, 2002

10/165499

Mark D. Swinford - Dayton OH

Machine Design Specialists, Inc. - Dayton OH

E03C 100

137614, 137605

A tool assembly for connection to a charging inlet tube of a fluid receiving system, and for evacuating and dispensing a charging fluid to the fluid receiving system. The tool assembly includes a tool housing having an upper and a lower housing half and including a plurality of internal valve components. The internal valve components are assembled in sliding engagement with each other within the tool housing and are held in assembled engagement by assembly of the upper and lower housing halves together whereby the tool assembly may be quickly disassembled and assembled for replacement of components. Fluid flow through the tool assembly is directed by an inner body positioned between the upper and lower housing halves, and vacuum and fluid charging is controlled by a vacuum control poppet and fluid control poppet, respectively, which poppets are longitudinally moveable relative to the inner body and to each other. The fluid is discharged from the tool assembly at a charge gate, and a stem member extends through the charge gate for actuating a valve within the inlet tube. The stem member directly engages the charge gate in order to provide for accurate control of the travel distance of the stem member.

6775990, Aug 17, 2004

Oct 17, 2002

10/272799

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH 45429

F02C 608

60785, 251 62, 251305

A method enables a gas turbine engine to be operated. The method includes directing fluid flow from a source into an inlet of a valve, channeling the fluid flow entering an inlet portion of the valve towards an outlet portion of the valve such that a direction of the fluid flow is changed within the inlet portion, and controlling the amount of fluid flow entering the outlet portion of the valve by selectively positioning a valve disk coupled within the inlet portion of the valve by a valve disk axle. The method also comprises channeling the fluid flow from the inlet portion of the valve through the outlet portion of the valve and into a fluid supply pipe, wherein the valve outlet portion has a substantially right cylindrical shape such that a direction of fluid entering the body outlet portion remains substantially constant therethrough.

RE41229, Apr 20, 2010

Aug 16, 2006

11/505218

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F02C 6/08

60785, 251 62, 251305

A method enables a gas turbine engine to be operated. The method includes directing fluid flow from a source into an inlet of a valve, channeling the fluid flow entering an inlet portion of the valve towards an outlet portion of the valve such that a direction of the fluid flow is changed within the inlet portion, and controlling the amount of fluid flow entering the outlet portion of the valve by selectively positioning a valve disk coupled within the inlet portion of the valve by a valve disk axle. The method also comprises channeling the fluid flow from the inlet portion of the valve through the outlet portion of the valve and into a fluid supply pipe, wherein the valve outlet portion has a substantially right cylindrical shape such that a direction of fluid entering the body outlet portion remains substantially constant therethrough.

5560407, Oct 1, 1996

Apr 11, 1995

8/420098

Mark D. Swinford - Kettering OH

Production Control Units, Inc. - Dayton OH

B65B 300

141385

A generally cylindrical body supports an outlet tube on which is mounted a resilient annular sealing member adapted to be inserted into the tubular inlet fitting of a liquid coolant system. The body also supports a set of arcuate collar sections which surround the sealing member and are cammed inwardly for gripping external threads on the inlet fitting in response to axial movement of a first air actuated annular piston surrounding the outlet tube. The sealing member is expanded radially outwardly into sealing engagement with the inlet fitting in response to axial movement of a second air actuated annular piston confined between the outlet tube and the first piston. A tubular valve member is supported for axial movement within the body in alignment with the outlet tube and moves in response to a third air actuated annular piston for selectively connecting the passage within the outlet tube to a suction passage for evacuating the coolant system and then to a liquid supply passage for filling the system.

6986257, Jan 17, 2006

Jul 30, 2004

10/903151

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH, US

General Electric Company - Schenecady NY

F02C 6/08

60785

A method enables a gas turbine engine to be operated. The method includes directing fluid flow from a source into an inlet of a valve, channeling the fluid flow entering an inlet portion of the valve towards an outlet portion of the valve such that a direction of the fluid flow is changed within the inlet portion, and controlling the amount of fluid flow entering the outlet portion of the valve by selectively positioning a valve disk coupled within the inlet portion of the valve by a valve disk axle. The method also comprises channeling the fluid flow from the inlet portion of the valve through the outlet portion of the valve and into a fluid supply pipe, wherein the valve outlet portion has a substantially right cylindrical shape such that a direction of fluid entering the body outlet portion remains substantially constant therethrough.

6029720, Feb 29, 2000

Jun 29, 1998

9/106889

Mark D. Swinford - Centerville OH

B65B 300

141385

A generally oval upper body supports a generally cylindrical lower body comprising an outlet tube on which is mounted an inner piston containing an annular resilient sealing member adapted to be connected to the tubular inlet fitting of a liquid coolant system. The lower body supports a set of arcuate collar sections which are cammed inwardly for gripping external threads on the inlet fitting in response to axial movement of an outer air actuated annular piston surrounding the outlet tube. The sealing member is compressed axially into the upper face of the inlet fitting in response to axial movement of the inner air actuated annular piston confined between the outlet tube and the outer piston. A tubular valve member comprising an integral air actuated annular piston is supported for axial movement within the upper body in alignment with the outlet tube for selectively connecting the passage within the outlet tube to a suction passage for evacuating the coolant system and then to a fluid supply passage for filling the system. A streamlined obturator mounted in the upper body is aligned axially with the outlet tube and comprises arcuate passageways for flow of the fluid following connection of the valve member to the outlet tube.

8157241, Apr 17, 2012

Feb 29, 2008

12/040469

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH, US

General Electric Company - Schenctady NY

F16K 31/12

251 58, 251 62, 251305, 60782, 60785

A method for regulating gas turbine engine fluid flow may include the steps of providing a flow tube having an open valve, a first bend and a second bend, flowing fluid through the flow tube, actuating a piston so that the piston moves in the axial direction, and closing the valve due to the axial movement of the piston.

5873793, Feb 23, 1999

Dec 23, 1997

8/997579

Mark D. Swinford - Centerville OH

A63B 5310, A63B 5312

473317

A golf club shaft having a spar, a tube, and a skin is formed which reduces shaft aerodynamic drag. The skin transforms in cross-sectional shape from a circular one at the grip, to a streamlined shape at the shaft tip. The spar introduces stiffness in the plane generally perpendicular to the direction of swing, thereby offsetting the effect of unequal sectional moments of inertia of the streamlined skin. Manufacturing methods are also disclosed.

8128057, Mar 6, 2012

Feb 29, 2008

12/040453

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F16K 31/12

251 58, 251 62, 251305, 123337

A valve assembly may include a body having an axis and a flow tube attached to the body for flowing a fluid therethrough, the flow tube having a first bend and a second bend. The valve assembly may further include a valve attached to the flow tube having an axle that is perpendicular to the axis, and a piston attached to the body and the axle and parallel to the axis.

2013016, Jul 4, 2013

Dec 28, 2011

13/338523

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH, US
Michael Ralph Storage - Beavercreek OH, US

UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC - Jacksonville FL

B26D 3/10

83862

Methods of skiving metal using a skiving blade to form a shaving and methods of forming fins in a heat exchanger by skiving using a skiving blade. Where the metal body used to form the shaving or fin is made from a metal material having a hardness greater than that of aluminum.