Patent 7454914 was granted and assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of distributing fuel in a fuel nozzle comprises: providing at least two helical channels in the fuel nozzle, each having a channel exit port, providing a fuel inlet cavity in fluid communication with the helical channels, and flowing fuel in the fuel inlet cavity, the helical channels and the channel exit ports.