General Electric Company

James Purdue Masso

Stephen Paul Wassynger

Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya

Michael Ericson Friedman

Thomas Robbins Tipton

Paul Lawrence Kalmar

Monty Lee Harned

Stephen Robert Prince

Tushar S Desai

Christopher Robert Kelly

A rotating assembly. The rotating assembly may include a wheel, a slot positioned about the wheel with the slot having a staking recess positioned therein, a wheel attachment positioned within the slot, and a staking insert positioned within the staking recess. The staking recess axially retains the staking insert and the wheel attachment radially retains the staking insert.

Replaceable staking insert

A fuel injector is provided. The fuel injector includes a nozzle, a cooling assembly, and a tip coupled to the nozzle. The tip includes a base including a cooling channel defined therein, a first transition member extending outwardly from the base and in flow communication with the cooling channel, and a second transition member extending outwardly from the base and in flow communication with the cooling channel, wherein the base, the first transition member, and the second transition member are formed integrally together. The tip is configured to couple to the cooling assembly to channel a flow of cooling fluid through the cooling channel via the first transition member and the second transition member.

Fuel injector and method of assembling the same

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Chesterfield, VA, United States of America

James Purdue Masso