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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Steven A. Lewis, South Bend, IN (US);
James F. Toth, Niles, MI (US);
Gary A. Valencourt, Niles, MI (US);
Steven A. Lewis, South Bend, IN (US);
James F. Toth, Niles, MI (US);
Gary A. Valencourt, Niles, MI (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A fuel distributor () and mounting arrangement that helps support the weight of the fuel distributor () during removal and replacement for improved maintainability. The mounting arrangement includes a hanger () mountable on a first support which hanger () includes a slot (), and a manifold () separate from the hanger () that has a first side () with a plurality of ports () arranged in a first configuration. The manifold () is connectable to a plurality of fluid lines on an engine (). A fuel distributor body () has a first surface, a second surface spaced from the first surface and a third surface between the first surface and the second surface with a hanging cleat () projecting from the first surface that is configured to be received within the slot (). The third surface has a main fuel inlet () and a plurality of additional fluid ports () arranged in the same configuration as the ports on the manifold (). A mounting pin () projects from the third surface. Also a method of mounting a fuel distributor.