Patent ID: 7805948

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a casing having a casing wall defining an enclosure therewithin, the casing wall having an inner wall surface facing the enclosure, the casing wall being adapted to contain a pressurized fluid that is disposed within the enclosure and which applies a outward pressure against the casing wall, the casing wall including at least one hole define therethrough; at least one device, the device including a fuel nozzle having an outer end located outside of the enclosure and including a manifold interface, an inner end located inside of the enclosure and including a nozzle tip, and a stem connecting the outer and inner ends, the stem passing through the hole, the stem including first means for transferring a load produced by the pressure of the pressurized fluid to the casing wall by one of direct contact with the inner surface and contact with the inner surface through a sealing element, the first means sealing the hole when the load is transferred and preventing the stem from being removed from the hole in an outward direction defined along an axis of the stem toward the outside of the enclosure; and second means mounted on the stem and engaged with the casing for retaining the stem in place within the hole and preventing movement of the stern in an inward direction defined along the axis of the stem toward the inside of the enclosure, the second means being substantially free of the load transferred by the first means, the second means being disengageable from at least one of the device and the casing to remove the stem from the hole in the inward direction.