Fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine

Details Fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine Fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine

2007-05-15

2011-10-11

Casaregola, Louis (Department: 3741)

Power plants

Combustion products used as motive fluid

Combustion products generator

C060S739000, C060S740000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08033113

ABSTRACT:
A fuel injection system comprises a fuel conveying member and a nozzle tip assembly threadably engaged thereto. A pair of sealing elements is engaged in a fuel passage between the fuel conveying member and the nozzle tip for sealing the junction therebetween. The pair of sealing elements includes a first and a second sealing element located proximate each other and having different cross-sectional shape.

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