General Electric Company

Brian C Brougher

Christopher Charles Glynn

Marie Ann McMasters

David Christopher Zigan

A method for assembling a fuel nozzle for a turbine engine is provided. The method includes coupling a one-piece housing to a one-piece venturi wherein the housing defines an annular fuel nozzle tip and the venturi defines a fuel chamber within the fuel nozzle tip. The method further includes coupling a one-piece swirler to the venturi such that the swirler extends radially inward from the venturi.

Turbine engine fuel nozzles and methods of assembling the same

A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes coupling an axisymmetric structure within the gas turbine engine, wherein the axisymmetric structure includes a plurality of mounting bushings extending from a radially outer surface of the axisymmetric structure, inserting a first quantity of fixed pins at least partially into a respective mounting bushing to facilitate securing the axisymmetric structure within the gas turbine engine, and inserting a second quantity of floating pins at least partially into a respective mounting bushing to facilitate each floating pin moving in both an axial and tangential direction with respect to a gas turbine engine centerline axis.

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Hamilton, OH, United States of America

Brian C Brougher