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US 2019/0186689 A1Published application
Self-retaining oil nozzle
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsADAM G. SMEDRESMAN, YUK-KWAN BRIAN YUEN
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Abstract
An oil nozzle assembly is disclosed. In various embodiments, the assembly includes a nozzle body oriented along an axial center line, comprising a main portion, and a tip portion connected to the main portion; a nozzle insert, comprising a sleeve, an end wall connected to the sleeve, an orifice disposed in the end wall, the orifice fluidly coupled to the tip portion, and a first finger extending axially from the end wall; and a retaining ring configured to engage the first finger to the nozzle body.
Claims20
An oil nozzle assembly, comprising:
- a nozzle body oriented along an axial center line, comprising
- a main portion, and
- a tip portion connected to the main portion;
- a nozzle insert, comprising
- a sleeve,
- an end wall connected to the sleeve,
- an orifice disposed in the end wall, the orifice fluidly coupled to the tip portion, and
- a first finger extending axially from the end wall;
- and
- a retaining ring configured to engage the first finger to the nozzle body.
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An oil nozzle assembly, comprising:
- a nozzle body, comprising
- a main portion,
- a tip portion connected to the main portion, and
- a lip extending radially outward from the tip portion;
- a nozzle insert, comprising
- a sleeve,
- an end wall connected to the sleeve,
- an orifice disposed in the end wall, the orifice fluidly connected to the tip portion, and
- a retention element extending radially inward from the sleeve and configured to engage the lip during assembly of the nozzle insert to the nozzle body;
- and
- a bias element disposed between the nozzle insert and the nozzle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.