Fuel Nozzle for an Aircraft Engine

A fuel nozzle for a gas turbine engine, the fuel nozzle comprising:

• a first fuel nozzle body and a second fuel nozzle body disposed along an axis, the first fuel nozzle body includes a distal axial end, and the second fuel nozzle body includes a proximal axial end axially adjacent the distal axial end, the first fuel nozzle body and the second fuel nozzle body form a fuel passage, the fuel passage includes a fuel accumulation chamber, an upstream fuel passage, a downstream fuel passage, and a plurality of tangential feed holes;
• the accumulation chamber is formed by and axially between the distal axial end and the proximal axial end;
• the upstream fuel passage is formed by the first fuel nozzle body;
• the downstream fuel passage is formed by the second fuel nozzle body, the downstream fuel passage extends from a passage inlet along a downstream fuel passage centerline, and the passage inlet is disposed at the proximal axial end;
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• the plurality of tangential feed holes are formed by the first fuel nozzle body, each tangential feed hole of the plurality of tangential feed holes extends between and connects the upstream fuel passage to the accumulation chamber at the distal axial end.

A fuel nozzle for a gas turbine engine, the fuel nozzle comprising:

• a first fuel nozzle body;
• a second fuel nozzle body mounted to the first fuel nozzle body;
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• the first fuel nozzle body and the second fuel nozzle body form a fuel passage, the fuel passage includes a fuel accumulation chamber, an upstream fuel passage, a downstream fuel passage, and a plurality of tangential feed holes;
• the upstream fuel passage is formed by the first fuel nozzle body, the upstream fuel passage extends along an upstream fuel passage centerline;
• the downstream fuel passage is formed by the second fuel nozzle body, the downstream fuel passage extends from a passage inlet along a downstream fuel passage centerline, the downstream fuel passage centerline is skewed relative to the upstream fuel passage centerline, the passage inlet is radially offset from the upstream fuel passage relative to the upstream fuel passage centerline, and the passage inlet is disposed at the accumulation chamber;
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• the plurality of tangential feed holes are formed by the first fuel nozzle body, each tangential feed hole of the plurality of tangential feed holes extends between and to a hole inlet and a hole outlet, the hole inlet is disposed at the upstream fuel passage, the hole outlet is disposed at the accumulation chamber.