Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Swift, Jr.

Kenneth R. Swift, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Prestressed compressor mount installation apparatus
    Patent number: 6088896
    Abstract: An elastomeric compressor mount has a hollow convex cylindrical head portion which must be passed upwardly through a substantially smaller diameter circular opening in a support foot portion of the compressor. To facilitate the passage of the mount head portion through the support foot opening a specially designed clamping tool is provided which has an arcuate support portion and a clamping portion that may be pivoted toward and away from a concave side surface of the support portion. With these two tool portions pivoted toward each other they are inserted downwardly through the compressor foot opening, opened, and then clamped exteriorly onto the mount head portion in a manner deforming it to a generally U-shaped configuration as viewed along the axis of the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Punan Tang, Kenneth R. Swift, Jr., Ronald J. Rasmussen
  • Prestressed compressor mount installation methods
    Patent number: 6067700
    Abstract: An elastomeric compressor mount has a hollow convex cylindrical head portion which must be passed upwardly through a substantially smaller diameter circular opening in a support foot portion of the compressor. To facilitate the passage of the mount head portion through the support foot opening a specially designed clamping tool is provided which has an arcuate support portion and a clamping portion that may be pivoted toward and away from a concave side surface of the support portion. With these two tool portions pivoted toward each other they are inserted downwardly through the compressor foot opening, opened, and then clamped exteriorly onto the mount head portion in a manner deforming it to a generally U-shaped configuration as viewed along the axis of the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing, Company
    Inventors: Punan Tang, Kenneth R. Swift, Jr., Ronald J. Rasmussen