Author: claimsbot

1-39. (canceled)
40. A bone plate for fixation of proximal humerus fractures, comprising:
an elongated shaft portion having a first width;
a head portion connected to the shaft portion and having a second width greater than the first width, the head portion and the shaft portion defining a common longitudinal axis;
at least one first screw hole located in the head portion; and
at least one second screw hole located in the shaft portion, the at least one second screw hole having an elongated perimeter;
wherein at least one of the first and second screw holes is configured to engage a head of a bone screw to form an angularly stable connection with the bone screw and the elongated perimeter of the at least one second screw hole is formed by first and second overlapping shapes of different size and wherein the plate further comprises a plurality of first screw holes in the head portion, and a plurality of second screw holes in the shaft portion,
wherein the plurality of first screw holes are asymmetrically arranged about the common longitudinal axis, and
wherein at least a first pair of the first screw holes is symmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis so that a first one of the first pair of first holes is located on a first side of the common longitudinal axis and a second one of the first pair of first holes is located on a second side of the common longitudinal axis, and at least a second pair of the first holes is asymmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis, and

wherein the plurality of second screw holes are symmetrically arranged about the common longitudinal axis, wherein at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the bone plate is divided substantially in half by the common longitudinal axis.
41. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein at least one of the first and second screw holes is at least partially threaded.
42. The bone plate of claim 41, wherein the thread has a pitch of about 0.5 mm to about 1.1 mm.
43. The bone plate of claim 41, wherein the thread is double threaded.
44. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein at least one of the first and second screw holes comprises a wedge shaped partial peripheral groove for engaging a head of a bone screw.
45. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the bone plate has a thickness ranging from about 1.9 mm to about 2.1 mm.
46. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the head portion is connected to the shaft portion at a transition area having a third width that increases from the first width to the second width.
47. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the third width widens exponentially.
48. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein at least a portion of the shaft portion is curved along the longitudinal axis.
49. The bone plate of claim 48, wherein the at least portion of the shaft portion is curved in the form of an elliptical arc defined by a portion of an ellipse having a major axis with a length in the range of between about 150 mm and about 170 mm.
50. The bone plate of claim 49, wherein the elliptical arc is defined by a portion of an ellipse having a minor axis with a length in the range of between about 60 mm and about 80 mm.
51. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein a distal end of the shaft portion lays in a first plane, and the head portion lays in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane.
52. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein at least a portion of the bone plate has a curvature that runs transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the curvature has a radius of curvature in the range from about 18 mm to about 22 mm.
53. The bone plate of claim 52, wherein the shaft portion has a length and the curvature runs substantially over the entire length of the shaft portion.
54. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the head portion is connected to the shaft portion at a transition portion, and the at least one first pair of first holes is located farther from the transition portion than is the at least one second pair of the first holes.
55. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein at least one of the second holes defines a central axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
56. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the first screw holes in the head portion are configured differently than the second screw holes in the shaft portion.
57. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein at least one second screw hole is elongated along the longitudinal axis of the plate.
58. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the plate includes an upper surface, and a lower surface, and wherein at least two of the plurality of first screw holes have first and second central axes, and at least one of the first and second central axes form an obtuse angle of between about 92\xb0 and about 98\xb0 with respect to the lower surface of the plate.
59. The bone plate of claim 40, wherein the plate has a thickness ranging from about 1.7 mm to about 2.3 mm.
60. A plate for fixation of proximal humerus fractures, comprising:
an elongated shaft;
a head connected to the shaft and having a width greater than a width of the shaft, the head and the shaft being substantially symmetrically divided by a common longitudinal axis;
a plurality of first screw holes extending through the head asymmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein at least a first pair of the first screw holes is symmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis so that a first one of the first pair of first holes is located on a first side of the common longitudinal axis and a second one of the first pair of first holes is located on a second side of the common longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of second screw holes extending through the shaft substantially symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis, a first one of the second screw holes having an elongated perimeter formed by first and second overlapping shapes of different size, one of the first and second screw holes being configured to engage a head of a bone screw to form an angularly stable connection therewith.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A molding composition, comprising a mixture of interpenetrating polymers with a first phase of a crosslinked isobutene polymer and with a second phase of a reinforcing polymer which comprises (meth)acrylic andor vinylaromatic units, where the first phase comprises the reaction product of an isobutene polymer with an average of at least 1.4 functional groups in the molecule and of a crosslinking agent with an average of at least two functional groups in the molecule, the functionality of these being complementary to that of the functional groups of the isobutene polymer.
2. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the ratio by weight of the first phase to the second phase is from 5:95 to 80:20.
3. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the isobutene polymer comprises at least 80% by weight of isobutene units.
4. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the functional groups of the isobutene polymer have been arranged exclusively at the ends of the isobutene polymer molecule.
5. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the isobutene polymer has a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to 50 000 prior to the crosslinking process.
6. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the crosslinking agent has an average of at least 2.5 functional groups.
7. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the functional groups of the isobutene polymer and of the crosslinking agent have been selected in pairs from hydroxyisocyanate groups or olefinically unsaturated groupshydrosilyl groups.
8. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing polymer comprises styrene units andor methyl methacrylate units.
9. The molding composition according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing polymer comprises units of a crosslinking monomer.
10. The molding composition according to claim 8, wherein a ratio by weight of the first phase to the second phase is from 5:95 to 25:75, for use as impact-modified polystyrene or polymethyl methacrylate.
11. A process for preparing a molding composition according to claim 1, comprising:
(i) polymerizing the monomers which form the structure of the reinforcing polymer by a free-radical route in the presence of the first phase; or
(ii) mixing the isobutene polymer, the crosslinking agent, and the monomers which form the structure of the reinforcing polymer, wherein the reaction between the isobutene polymer and the crosslinking agent and the free-radical polymerization of the monomers are initiated simultaneously or in succession.
12. (canceled)
13. A process for the bonding of at least two moldings composed of a molding composition according to claim 1, comprising:
(i) preparing a curable mixture composed of an isobutene polymer defined in claim 1 and of a crosslinking agent defined in claim 1;
(ii) bringing the mixture into contact with those surfaces of the moldings that are to be bonded; and
(iii) permitting the mixture to cure fully.
14. A material or molding for the roofing of buildings comprising the molding composition of claim 1.

1. A fail-fixed valve for maintaining the position of a device controlled by an electro-hydraulic servo-valve (EHSV) upon loss of an input position command, the device having a first control port and a second control port for moving the device, the EHSV having a first and second control pressure line for controlling the flow of a source pressure and a drain pressure to the first control port and the second control port to position the device, the valve comprising:
a first end in fluidic communication with the first control pressure line;
a second end in fluidic communication with the second control pressure line; and
a first port in fluidic communication with, via a second port, the first control port of the device during normal operation of the electro-hydraulic servo-valve and one of the source pressure and the drain pressure for moving the device during normal operation, the fail-fixed valve adapted to move as a result of the pressure differential between the first and second ends created after the loss of the input position command to a position such that the first port is disconnected from the first control port and the device is kept within a tolerance window of a last commanded position.
2. The fail-fixed valve of claim 1 wherein the fail-fixed valve is spring-loaded towards the second end.
3. The fail-fixed valve of claim 1 further comprising a third port in fluidic communication with, via a fourth port, the second control port of the device during normal operation and wherein the second port is disconnected from the second control port after the loss of the input position command by movement of the fail-fixed valve.
4. The fail-fixed valve of claim 3 further comprising a fifth port and a sixth port, the second port and the fifth port connecting the first control port to one of source pressure and drain pressure and the sixth port and the fourth port connecting the second control port to the other of source pressure and drain pressure after the first end initially hits a stop.
5. The fail-fixed valve of claim 4 wherein the device has a head and a rod; the rod having a plurality of lands, the first control port being in fluidic communication with the head and the second control port being in fluidic communication with the rod, and wherein one or more of the plurality of lands blocks the first port from being in fluidic communication with the second port and the sixth port and one or more other of the plurality of lands blocks the third port from being in fluidic communication with the fourth port and the fifth port after the first end hits a stop.
6. The fail-fixed valve of claim 1 further comprising a third port in fluidic communication with the second port, the third port blocked by the fail-fixed valve during normal operation of the electro-hydraulic servo-valve and wherein the third port is connected to the second control pressure line by movement of the fail-fixed valve after loss of the input position command, thereby causing the first control port and the second control port to be connected to the second control pressure line.
7. The fail-fixed valve of claim 6 wherein the device has a pressure seal, the fail-fixed valve further comprising a pressure seal port that is in fluidic communication with the pressure seal, the pressure seal port being connected to the first control pressure line by initial movement of the fail-fixed valve after loss of the input position command, the pressure of the first control pressure line creating a side-load on the device, thereby braking any movement of the device during the time it takes for the third port to be connected to the second control pressure line.
8. The fail-fixed valve of claim 7 wherein the fail-fixed valve further comprises an orifice between the first port and the second port.
9. A fail-fixed valve for maintaining the position of a valve spool upon loss of an input position command, the valve spool having a first control port and a second control port for moving the valve spool, the valve spool controlled by a single stage electro-hydraulic servo-valve (EHSV) having a first and second control pressure line for controlling the flow of a source pressure and a drain pressure to the first control port and the second control port to position the valve spool, the fail-fixed valve comprising:
a first end in fluidic communication with the first control pressure line;
a second end in fluidic communication with the second control pressure line;
a first port in fluidic communication, via a second port, with the first control port of the valve spool during normal operation of the electro-hydraulic servo-valve, the fail-fixed valve adapted to move as a result of the pressure differential between the first and second ends created after the loss of the input position command to a position such that the first port is disconnected from the first control port; and
a third port in fluidic communication with the second port, the third port blocked by the fail-fixed valve during normal operation of the EHSV and wherein the third port is connected to the second control pressure line by movement of the fail-fixed valve after loss of the input position command, thereby causing the first control port and the second control port to be connected to the second control pressure line such that the valve spool is kept within a tolerance window of a last commanded position.
10. The fail-fixed valve of claim 9 wherein the valve spool has a pressure seal, the fail-fixed valve further comprising a pressure seal port that is in fluidic communication with the pressure seal, the pressure seal port being connected to pressure in the first control line by initial movement of the fail-fixed valve after loss of the input position command thereby creating a side-load on the valve spool, the side-load braking any movement of the valve spool during the time it takes for the third port to be connected to the second control pressure line.
11. The fail-fixed valve of claim 9 wherein the fail-fixed valve further comprises an orifice between the first port and the second port.
12. The fail-fixed valve of claim 9 wherein the fail-fixed valve is biased towards the second control pressure line.
13. The fail-fixed valve of claim 12 wherein the fail-fixed valve is biased towards the second control pressure line by a spring.
14. A fail-fixed valve for maintaining the position of an actuator controlled by a two stage electro-hydraulic servo-valve (EHSV)upon loss of an input position command, the actuator having a rod, a head, a control rod pressure line connected to the rod and a control head pressure line connected to the head, the control rod pressure line and the control head pressure line controlling movement of the actuator, the EHSV having a valve spool having a pressure head line and a pressure rod line for controlling the flow of a source pressure and a drain pressure to the control rod pressure line and the control head pressure line, the two stage electro-hydraulic servo-valve further having a first and second control pressure line for controlling movement of the valve spool, the fail-fixed valve comprising:
a first end in fluidic communication with the first control pressure line;
a second end in fluidic communication with the second control pressure line;
a first port connecting the control head pressure line, via a second port, to the pressure head line during normal operation of the EHSV, the fail-fixed valve adapted to move as a result of the pressure differential between the first and second ends created after the loss of the input position command to a position such that the first port is disconnected from the pressure head line; and
a third port connecting the control rod pressure line to the pressure rod line during normal operation of the EHSV, wherein the third port is disconnected from the pressure rod line as a result of the fail-fixed valve moving as a result of the pressure differential between the first and second ends created after the loss of the input position command.
15. The fail-fixed valve of claim 14 wherein the fail-fixed valve is spring-loaded towards the second end.
16. The fail-fixed valve of claim 14 further comprising a fifth port and a sixth port, the second port and the fifth port connecting the control head pressure line to one of source pressure via the first port and drain pressure via the third port and the sixth port and the fourth port connecting the control rod pressure line to the other of source pressure via the first port and drain pressure via the third port after the first end initially hits a stop.
17. The fail-fixed valve of claim 16 further comprising a first pressure line connecting the sixth port to the control rod pressure line and a second pressure line connecting the fifth port to the control head pressure line.
18. The fail-fixed valve of claim 17 wherein the a stem of the actuator has a plurality of lands and wherein one or more of the plurality of lands blocks the first port from being in fluidic communication with the second port and the sixth port and one or more other of the plurality of lands blocks the third port from being in fluidic communication with the fourth port and the fifth port after the first end hits a stop.
19. The fail-fixed valve of claim 14 wherein the fail-fixed valve further comprises a bore for receiving the stem.
20. The fail-fixed valve of claim 14 wherein the pressure head line is connected to the source pressure after the loss of input position command and the pressure rod line is connected to the drain pressure after the loss of input position command.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for preparing an environmentally pollution-free, anti-corrosive pigment composition which comprises condensed calcium phosphate and is free of any heavy metal, the method comprising:
firing a mixture which comprises a calcium-containing component and a phosphorus-containing component, wherein the molar ratio (CaP=m) of calcium to phosphorus present in the components is within a range of 0.60<m<0.80, at a temperature ranging from 180 to 350\xb0.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the condensed calcium phosphate is a compound represented by the following general formula (1):
CaxHy(PnO3n+1)\u2003\u2003(1),
wherein x represents a real number ranging from 1 to 4, y represents a real number ranging from 0 to 2, z represents a real number ranging from 1 to 2 and n is an integer ranging from 2 to 6, provided that these symbols should satisfy the following relation: 2x+y=(n+2)z.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the condensed calcium phosphate is selected from the group consisting of Ca3H2(P2O7)2, Ca4H2(P3O10)2, Ca4P6O19 and a mixture thereof.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the calcium-containing component is selected from the group consisting of elemental calcium, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, calcium monohydrogen phosphate, calcium dihydrogen phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, calcium pyrophosphate and calcium dihydrogen pyrophosphate.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the phosphorus-containing component is selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acid, phosphorous acid and diphosphorus pentaoxide.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mixture is fired at a temperature ranging from 200 to 290\xb0 .
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein it further comprises an alkaline earth metal compound.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the alkaline earth metal compound is selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides, silicates, carbonates and mixtures of calcium, magnesium and strontium.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the alkaline earth metal compound is incorporated into the environmentally pollution-free anti-corrosive pigment composition in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 60% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the pigment composition.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein it further comprises a chelated compound selected from the group consisting of organic phosphonic acids, carboxylic acids each possessing a chelating ability and neutralized salts thereof.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the organic phosphonic acid is selected from the group consisting of nitrilo-trimethylene phosphonic acid, nitrilo-triethylene phosphonic acid, nitrilo-tripropylene phosphonic acid, nitrilo-tris-diethyl methylene phosphonic acid, ethylenediamine-tetramethylene phosphonic acid, ethylenediamine-tetra- ethylene phosphonic acid, ethylenediamine-tetra-propylene phosphonic acid, methane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonic acid, ethane-1- hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonic acid, propane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonic acid and 2-hydroxy phosphono-acetic acid.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the organic carboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, glycolic acid, thio-glycolic acid, salicylic acid, sulfo-salicylic acid, anthranilic acid, N-methyl-anthranilic acid, 3-amino-2- naphthoic acid, 1-amino-2-naphthoic acid, 2-amino-1-naphthoic acid, 1-amino- anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid, tannic acid and gallic acid.
13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the neutralized salt is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, aluminum salts and ammonium salts of the foregoing organic phosphonic acids and organic carboxylic acids.
14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the condensed calcium phosphate is surface-treated.