Patent ID: 7617683
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: F02C,F05D

Abstract:
1. A fuel supply assembly for a gas turbine engine, the assembly comprising: a manifold portion including a main conduit and a transfer conduit extending therefrom in fluid communication therewith; a fuel nozzle including a nozzle head having an entry conduit defined therein in fluid communication with a fuel flow path of the fuel nozzle, the transfer conduit and the entry conduit being matingly engaged to provide fluid communication between the fuel flow path of the fuel nozzle and the main conduit of the manifold portion; and means for retaining the transfer conduit and the entry conduit in mated engagement, the means including a first portion slidingly engaged in a groove defined in an outer surface of a first one of the manifold portion and the fuel nozzle and a second portion rigidly connected to the first portion, the second portion being detachably connected to the second one of the manifold portion and the fuel nozzle and preventing disengagement of the first portion from the groove, the means being disconnectable from the second one of the manifold portion and the fuel nozzle to allow disengagement of the first portion from the groove such as to permit the transfer conduit and the entry conduit, and therefore the manifold portion and the fuel nozzle, to be disengaged from one another.