Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An apparatus for mounting a gas turbine engine to a pylon includes: a thrust link coupled to the gas turbine engine and an aft mount, the gas turbine engine coupled to the pylon via a forward mount and the aft mount, a bending restraint having a first end and a second end, the bending restraint including an actuator positioned at the first end to apply a force to a fan section of the gas turbine engine, a first joint positioned at the first end of the bending restraint, the first joint coupled to the first end of the bending restraint and the fan section, and a second joint positioned at the second end of the bending restraint, the second joint coupled to the second end of the bending restraint.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector system and methods for attaching a first and second connector. Each connector includes an elongate connector body and a coupling nut rotatably coupled about the connector body. Each coupling nut includes a center plate and a pair of latch arms, with each arm having a groove therein to define a tooth at a distal end of each arm. The arms are substantially parallel to the connector body. Each connector further includes at least one resilient member which resists movement of the arms away from their parallel orientation relative to the elongate body. The first and second connectors may be connected by abutting the connector bodies and rotating the coupling nuts so that the grooves and teeth of corresponding arms mate with each other.

Abstract: A medical device, such as a catheter or feeding tube, has a tube element to the front end portion of which a weighted bolus tip is connected. The bolus tip may have a lumen provided with an open front end and communicating with the lumen of the tube, or it may be of solid cross-section in which case outlet openings for the fluid passing through the device are so positioned that it is impossible for a stagnating pool of the fluid to form in the device (to avoid the growth of micro-organisms). The tip itself is produced by mixing powdered metal with a synthetic plastic binder; the mixture is then given the desired shape by casting or molding and thereafter is polymerized to convert the shaped body into a unitary element having no free metal. This renders it impossible for any of the metal powder to spill.

Abstract: A sterilizable pouch comprising a plastic web and a paper web marginally heat sealed around all sides thereof, a slit in one of said webs for receiving the package contents and an adhesive strip adhered to the web; said adhesive strip being positioned to cover and seal both lips of the slit, and along with the web to which it is attached forming an assembly which acts as means for opening the slit for insertion of an article.

Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic process for interconverting aqueous solutions of dextrose and fructose with newly discovered glucose isomerases. The glucose isomerases are obtained from cultures of Flavobacterium devorans NRRL B-5384, Flavorbacterium devorans ATCC 10829, Brevibacterium incertum NRRL B-5383 and Streptomyces phaeochromogenes ATCC 15486.