Patent ID: 8171739
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: F02C,F23R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel manifold assembly for internal mounting within a surrounding casing of a gas turbine engine, comprising: an annular fuel manifold having mounting portions spaced about the circumference thereof; support pins engageable with said mounting portions and radially outwardly displaceable relative to the mounting portions and the fuel manifold from a retracted position, permitting said fuel manifold and said support pins to be inserted within the casing, to an extended position in which said support pins project radially outwardly from said fuel manifold for engagement with said casing; and wherein said support pins are radially outwardly displaceable from the fuel manifold between said retracted position and said extended position once the fuel manifold is inserted into said casing for fastening to an inner surface of the casing.