Patent ID: 7415968

Claim:
A fuel delivery assembly for an aircraft engine, comprising: a set of fluid conduit adaptors, each fluid conduit adaptor of the set of fluid conduit adaptors constructed and arranged to be secured to a corresponding cylinder assembly of the aircraft engine, each fluid conduit adaptor of the set of fluid conduit adaptors defining a first lumen constructed and arranged to carry fuel between a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet of the fuel delivery assembly and a second lumen in fluid communication with the first lumen, the second lumen constructed and arranged to provide fuel from the first lumen to the corresponding cylinder assembly; and a set of fluid conduits, each fluid conduit of the set of fluid conduits having a first end disposed in fluid communication with the first lumen of a first fluid conduit adaptor of the set of fluid conduit adaptors and an opposing second end disposed in fluid communication with the first lumen of a second fluid conduit adaptor of the set of fluid conduit adaptors, each fluid conduit of the set of fluid conduits being constructed and arranged to carry fuel between the fuel inlet and the fuel outlet of the fuel delivery assembly; wherein at least one of (i) at least one fluid conduit adaptor of the set of fluid conduit adaptors and (ii) at least one fluid conduit of the set of fluid conduits is constructed and arranged to absorb at least a portion of a load generated by motion of a cylinder assembly of the aircraft engine relative to the fuel delivery assembly.