| US 7,527,037 B2 | ||
| Component for fuel supply | ||
| Andrew C Graham, Coventry (United Kingdom); Allan J Salt, Nuneaton (United Kingdom); Gary Eadon, Hinckley (United Kingdom); and Ian J Toon, Whetstone (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Rolls-Royce plc, London (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 14, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/717,678. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0605432.4 (GB), filed on Mar. 17, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0029068 A1, Feb. 07, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02M 61/14 (2006.01); F02C 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—470 [60/740] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A gas turbine fuel injector assembly having:
a housing for supporting a fuel injector head;
a fuel tube within the housing for supplying fuel to the injector head; and
an adaptor at least partially enclosed by the housing and having a bore with an axis into one end of which an end of the fuel
tube is enclosed;
first sealing means being provided between the outside of the fuel tube and the adaptor bore wherein said first sealing means
is yieldable to thermal expansion of said fuel tube and said housing in order to allow said fuel tube to move relative to
said axis within said adaptor bore; and
second sealing means being provided between the outside of the adaptor and the housing.
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