Patent ID: 6487860
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: F02C

Abstract:
A fuel supply distributor for conveying fuel from a fuel inlet to a plurality of fuel nozzles, said distributor comprising:a. an outer housing having a fuel inlet and a plurality of fuel outlets; b. at least one inner conduit carried within the outer housing and spaced from an inner surface of the outer housing, wherein the at least one inner conduit extends from the fuel inlet to a fuel outlet; c. the at least one inner conduit including an elongated ferrule welded to a conduit at a conduit connection end thereof, the elongated ferrule having an inner throughbore and a tapered outer surface that extends from an annular shoulder at an enlarged head end to the conduit connection end, wherein the enlarged head end is adapted to receive a connecting element for connecting the at least one inner conduit to a fluid system, and wherein the tapered outer surface has a unitary, linear taper between a radially outermost surface of the head end and the conduit connection end.