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1. A vehicle comprising a main body and a subframe, said subframe including at least one recess having an opening side, said opening side facing said main body, said recess being cooperatively shaped to receive a bushing, said bushing defining an inner passage configured to receive a stabilizer bar.
2. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein said main body and said subframe are comprised of aluminum or aluminum alloy.
3. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein said bushing includes a first surface engaging a wall of said subframe forming said recess and a second surface engaging said main body.
4. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein said first surface is generally U-shaped.
5. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein said second surface is substantially flat.
6. The vehicle of claim 1 including two recesses and two bushings.
7. The vehicle of claim 6 wherein said recesses are located on opposed elongated members of said subframe.
8. The vehicle of claim 1 further including at least one fastener extending between said main body and said subframe adjacent said recess.
9. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein said recess further includes opposed lateral openings.
10. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein one of said first surface of the bushing and the wall of the subframe forming the recess includes a projection and the other a recess receiving the projection.
11. A stabilizer bar assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a stabilizer bar having opposed ends connected to a wheel assembly;
a first and a second bushing, each having an inner surface that receives the stabilizer bar and an outer surface; and
a vehicle subframe, said subframe including a first and a second recess, each of said recesses shaped to receive one of said first and second bushings.
12. The assembly of claim 11 further comprising a vehicle body mated to said subframe, said body contacting said bushings and retaining said bushings within said recesses.
13. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising at least one fastener securing said subframe to said body.
14. The assembly of claim 13 comprising two fasteners disposed on opposed sides of each recess.
15. An automotive vehicle including a body frame having opposed side frames and a subframe having opposed side members, the subframe including a stabilizer bar connection assembly, said assembly comprising a generally U-shaped recess formed in each of said opposed side members, and a generally U-shaped bushing disposed within each of said recesses, said opposed side frames of the body frame overlying said opposed side members of the subframe adjacent said recesses and securing each bushing within the respective recess.
16. The vehicle of claim 15 wherein said bushings include a substantially flat surface engaged by said body frame.
17. The vehicle of claim 15 wherein said assembly further comprises at least one fastener adjacent each of said recesses and connecting said body frame and said subframe.
18. The vehicle of claim 15 wherein said recesses comprise channels extending through a width of said side members of the subframe.
19. The vehicle of claim 18 wherein said assembly includes a means for preventing lateral movement of said bushings.
20. The vehicle of claim 19 wherein said means for preventing lateral movement of the bushings comprises a projection extending from a wall defining said recess.

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 data dispatch processing in a big data system, adapted to execute a computing procedure through a plurality of computing machines and a database cluster, wherein the database cluster has a plurality of data nodes, and each of the data nodes is configured in one of the computing machines, the method for data dispatch processing comprising:
analysing the computing procedure to disassemble the computing procedure into a plurality of processing elements;
identifying at least one database accessing point for accessing at least one target data node in the data nodes in the computing procedure, wherein the at least one database accessing point is located in at least one processing element in the processing elements;
configuring the processing elements corresponding to the database accessing points to the computing machines according to the at least one database accessing point; and
transmitting at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and a data transmission cost between the computing machines.
2. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
identifying at least one database index identification point corresponding to the at least one database accessing point in the computing procedure, wherein the at least one database index identification point is located in at least one processing element in the processing elements;
identifying at least one database index at the at least one database index identification point; and
querying the database cluster to obtain the at least one target data node according to the at least one database index.
3. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of configuring the processing elements corresponding to the database accessing points to the computing machines according to the at least one database accessing point comprises:
configuring the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines, wherein the at least one computing machine is configured with the at least one target data node corresponding to the at least one database accessing point.
4. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step of configuring the processing elements corresponding to the database accessing points to the computing machines according to the at least one database accessing point comprises:
configuring the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines, wherein the at least one computing machine is configured with a database router or a database client corresponding to the database cluster.
5. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:
configuring the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database index identification point in the processing elements to the at least one computing machine in the computing machines, wherein the at least one computing machine is configured with the database client or the database router corresponding to the database cluster.
6. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of after configuring the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines comprises:
respectively configuring each of the processing elements other than the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements and the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database index identification point in the processing elements to different computing machines in the computing machines.
7. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of after configuring the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines comprises:
configuring each of the processing elements other than the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements and the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database index identification point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines.
8. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
finding a data transmission link corresponding to each of the processing elements according to the disassembling, and configuring a data dispatch element for each of the processing element according to the data transmission links.
9. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and the data transmission cost between the computing machines comprises:
establishing a routing table for each of a data dispatch elements according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and the data transmission cost between the computing machines.
10. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of establishing the routing table for each of the data dispatch elements according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and the data transmission cost between the computing machines comprises:
establishing a directed graph with a plurality of vertices formed by the processing elements and the data dispatch elements;
establishing a plurality of directed edges between the vertices of the directed graph according to the computing procedure;
calculating a weight value corresponding to each of the directed edges according to a data transmission overhead, a data processing overhead and a physical load corresponding to each of the directed edges;
calculating a shortest path between at least one vertex corresponding to the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point and a vertex corresponding to each of the data dispatch elements; and
establishing the routing tables of the data dispatch elements according to the shortest paths.
11. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and the data transmission cost between the computing machines further comprises:
selecting a target processing element corresponding to each of the processing element from the processing elements of the computing machines to form a computing execution path corresponding to the computing procedure; and
transmitting the at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the computing execution path and the routing tables of the data dispatch elements.
12. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and the data transmission cost between the computing machines further comprises:
determining whether a first database index required by a first data tuple in the at least one data tuple is identified when a first computing machine in the computing machines operates a first target processing element in the processing elements;
if the first database index required by the first data tuple is not identified, selecting a directed edge to serve as a data transmission link corresponding to the first data tuple according to a routing table of a data dispatch element corresponding to the first target processing element;
if the first database index required by the first data tuple is identified, selecting a corresponding data transmission link corresponding to a first target data node accessed by the first database index in the at least one target data node to serve as a data transmission link corresponding to the first data tuple according to the routing table of the data dispatch element corresponding to the first target processing element; and
transmitting the first data tuple to a next target processing element or a next data dispatch element according to the data transmission link corresponding to the first data tuple.
13. The method for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:
determining whether the first data node accessed by the first database index in the at least one target data node is obtained; and
if the first data node accessed by the first database index is not obtained, querying the database cluster to obtain the first data node according to the first database index.
14. A system for data dispatch processing in a big data system, adapted to execute a computing procedure, the system for data dispatch processing comprising:
a plurality of computing machines, connected to each other through a network;
a database cluster, having a plurality of data nodes, wherein each of the data nodes is disposed in one of a plurality of computing machines; and
a data dispatch processing control unit, configured to analysis the computing procedure to disassemble the computing procedure into a plurality of processing elements,
wherein the dispatch processing control unit is further configured to identify at least one database accessing point for accessing at least one target data node of the data nodes in the computing procedure, wherein the at least one database accessing point is located in at least one processing element in the processing elements,
wherein the data dispatch processing control unit is further configured to configure the processing elements corresponding to the database accessing points to the computing machines according to the at least one database accessing point,
wherein the data dispatch processing control unit is further configured to transmit at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and a data transmission cost between the computing machines.
15. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit further comprises a computing procedure analysis module,
wherein the computing procedure analysis module is configured to identify at least one database index identification point corresponding to the at least one database accessing point in the computing procedure, wherein the at least one database index identification point is located in at least one processing element in the processing elements,
wherein the computing procedure analysis module is further configured to identify at least one database index at the at least one database index identification point,
wherein the computing procedure analysis module is further configured to query a database cluster to obtain the at least one target data node according to the at least one database index.
16. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 15, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit comprises a processing element configuration module,
wherein the processing element configuration module is configured to have the at least a processing element of the corresponding one that comprises the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements configure to the at least one computing machine in the computing machines, wherein the at least one computing machine is configured with the at least one target data node corresponding to the at least one database accessing point.
17. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 16, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit comprises a processing element configuration module,
wherein the processing element configuration module is configured to configure the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines, wherein the at least one computing machine is configured with a database router or a database client corresponding to the database cluster.
18. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 17, wherein the processing element configuration module is further configured to configure the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database index identification point in the processing elements to the at least one computing machine in the computing machines, wherein the at least one computing machine is configured with the database client or the database router corresponding to the database cluster.
19. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 18, wherein the processing element configuration module is configured to respectively configure each of a processing elements other than the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements and the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database index identification point in the processing elements to different computing machines in the computing machines.
20. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 18, wherein the processing element configuration module is configured to configure each of the processing elements other than the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database accessing point in the processing elements and the at least one processing element corresponding to comprising the at least one database index identification point in the processing elements to at least one computing machine in the computing machines.
21. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit comprises a data dispatch element configuration module,
wherein the data dispatch element configuration module is configured to find a data transmission link corresponding to each of the processing elements according to the disassembling, and configure a data dispatch element for each of the processing element according to the data transmission links.
22. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit comprises a routing table establishment module configured to establish a routing table for each of the data dispatch elements according to the processing elements configured to the computing machines and the data transmission cost between the computing machines.
23. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 22,
wherein the routing table establishment module is further configured to establish a directed graph with a plurality of vertices formed by the processing elements and the data dispatch elements,
wherein the routing table establishment module is further configured to establish a plurality of directed edges between the vertices of the directed graph according to the computing procedure,
wherein the routing table establishment module is further configured to calculate a weight value corresponding to each of the directed edges according to a data transmission overhead a data processing overhead and a physical load corresponding to each of the directed edges;
wherein the routing table establishment module is further configured to calculate a shortest path between at least one vertex corresponding to the at least one processing element comprising the at least one database accessing point and a vertex corresponding to each of the data dispatch elements,
wherein the routing table establishment module is further configured to establish the routing tables of the data dispatch elements according to the shortest paths.
24. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 22, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit further comprises a data transmission module configured to select a target processing element corresponding to each of the processing element from the processing elements of the computing machines to form a computing execution path corresponding to the computing procedure,
wherein the processing elements executes the computing procedure according to the computing execution path, and the data dispatch elements transmit the at least one data tuple corresponding to the computing procedure according to the routing tables.
25. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 22, wherein the data dispatch processing control unit further comprises a data transmission module,
wherein when a first computing machine in the computing machines operates a first target processing element in the processing elements, the data transmission module is configured to determine whether a first database index required by a first data tuple in the at least one data tuple is identified,
wherein if the first database index required by the first data tuple is not identified, the data transmission module is configured to select a directed edge to serve as a data transmission link corresponding to the first data tuple according to a routing table of a data dispatch element corresponding to the first target processing element,
wherein if the first database index required by the first data tuple is identified, the data transmission module is configured to select a corresponding data transmission link corresponding to a first target data node accessed by the first database index in the at least one target data node to serve as a data transmission link corresponding to the first data tuple according to the routing table of the data dispatch element corresponding to the first target processing element,
wherein the data transmission module is configured to transmit the first data tuple to a next target processing element or a next data dispatch element according to the data transmission link corresponding to the first data tuple.
26. The system for data dispatch processing as claimed in claim 25, wherein the data transmission module is further configured to determine whether the first data node accessed by the first database index in the at least one target data node is obtained,
wherein if the first data node accessed by the first database index is not obtained, the data transmission module queries the database cluster to obtain the first data node according to the first database index.

1. A method for managing data comprising:
receiving a data request at a first data agent, the data request relating to a source host, a destination host, and a transfer protocol;
determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request based on a determination of association between the first data agent and one or more of the source host, the destination host, and the transfer protocol;
if the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request, processing the data request via the first data agent; and
if the data agent is not configured to satisfy the data request, transmitting the data request to a second data agent associated with one or more of the source host, the destination host, and the transfer protocol.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data request comprises an identifier relating to content.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data request comprises an authentication request, an upload request, a download request, a transfer request, a delete request, a statistics request, a status request, or a sign out request, or a combination thereof.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the source host and the destination host is a computing device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a protocol associated with the source host is different from a protocol associated with the destination host.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the data request via the first data agent comprises asynchronously satisfying the data request.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request comprises one or more of determining a protocol capability of the first data agent, determining a data type capability of the first data agent, determining a communication relationship of the first agent and one or more of the source host and the destination host, and determining a capacity of the first data agent.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the data request to a second data agent comprises executing a fairness algorithm.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a job identifier if the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request.
10. A method for managing data comprising:
receiving a data request at a first data agent, the data request relating to a transfer protocol;
determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request using the transfer protocol;
if the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request using the transfer protocol, satisfying the data request via the first data agent; and
if the data agent is not configured to satisfy the data request, delegating the data request to a second data agent, wherein the second data agent is associated with the transfer protocol.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data request comprises an authentication request, an upload request, a download request, a transfer request, a delete request, a statistics request, a status request, or a sign out request, or a combination thereof.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the transfer protocol can comprise FTP, HTTP, SFTP, or ASPERA, or a combination thereof.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request comprises one or more of determining a protocol capability of the first data agent, determining a data type capability of the first data agent, determining a communication relationship of the first agent and one or more of the source host and the destination host, and determining a capacity of the first data agent.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first data agent has knowledge of the presence of the second data agent.
15. A network for managing data comprising:
a plurality of computing devices, wherein one or more of the plurality of computing devices is associated with one or more of a plurality of transfer protocols;
a first data agent in communication with a first group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the first data agent is configured to satisfy data requests relating to the first group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices; and
a second data agent in communication with a second group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the second data agent is configured to satisfy data requests relating to the second group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices, and wherein one or more of the first data agent and the second data agent is further configured to delegate data requests to the other.
16. The network of claim 15, wherein the data requests comprise an authentication request, an upload request, a download request, a transfer request, a delete request, a statistics request, a status request, or a sign out request, or a combination thereof.
17. The network of claim 15, wherein two or more of the plurality of computing devices are associated with different transfer protocols.
18. The network of claim 15, wherein the first group of one or more of the plurality of computing devices comprises at least one of the plurality of the computing devices that is not part of the second group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices.
19. The network of claim 15, wherein the second group of one or more of the plurality of computing devices comprises at least one of the plurality of the computing devices that is not part of the first group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices.
20. The network of claim 15, wherein one or more of the first data agent and the second data agent is further configured to transmit a job identifier to a source of one or more data requests.

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. An assembly for stripping a medium from a mold cavity, the assembly comprising:
at least one stripper shoe;
a head structure; and
at least one flexible plunger connecting the head structure and the at least one stripper shoe and having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the at least one flexible plunger further having a first direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and the first direction;
a first bending stiffness of the at least one flexible plunger about the first direction and at the first end; and
a second bending stiffness of the at least one flexible plunger about the first direction and at a position between the first end and the second end, wherein the second bending stiffness is substantially less than the first bending stiffness.
2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one flexible plunger includes at least one cutout substantially responsible for the second bending stiffness being substantially less than the first bending stiffness.
3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the at least one flexible plunger includes a tube structure and a cross section having four sides and four corners.
4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one cutout includes at least four cutouts such that at least one of the four cutouts encompasses a portion of each of the four sides.
5. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one cutout includes at least four cutouts such that at least one of the four cutouts encompasses a portion of each of the four corners.
6. The assembly according to claim 3, further comprising:
a third bending stiffness about the second direction and at the first end; and
a fourth bending stiffness about the second direction and at the position between the first end and the second end, wherein the fourth bending stiffness is substantially less than the third bending stiffness.
7. The assembly according to claim 6, wherein the second bending stiffness is approximately half of the first bending stiffness and the fourth bending stiffness is approximately half of the third bending stiffness.
8. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first end attaches to the head structure and the second end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe.
9. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe and the second end attaches to the head structure.
10. An assembly for stripping concrete from a mold, the assembly comprising:
at least one stripper shoe receivable in the mold;
a head structure; and
at least one flexible plunger connecting the head structure to the at least one stripper shoe and configured from a hollow tube having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the hollow tube further having at least one opening at least partially between the first end and the second end, a first direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and the first direction;
a first bending stiffness of the hollow tube about the first direction and at the first end; and
a second bending stiffness of the hollow tube about the first direction and at the at least one opening, wherein the second bending stiffness is substantially less than the first bending stiffness.
11. The assembly according to claim 10, wherein the hollow tube includes a cross section having four sides and four corners.
12. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein the at least one opening includes four openings with each of the four sides of the hollow tube at least partially encompassed by one of the four openings.
13. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein the at least one opening includes four openings with each of the four corners of the hollow tube at least partially encompassed by one of the four openings.
14. The assembly according to claim 11, further comprising:
a third bending stiffness of the hollow tube about the second direction and at the first end; and
a fourth bending stiffness located about the second direction and at the at least one opening, wherein the fourth bending stiffness is substantially less than the third bending stiffness.
15. The assembly according to claim 14, wherein the second bending stiffness is approximately half of the first bending stiffness and the fourth bending stiffness is approximately half of the third bending stiffness.
16. The assembly according to claim 10, wherein the first end attaches to the head structure and the second end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe.
17. The assembly according to claim 10, wherein the first end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe and the second end attaches to the head structure.
18. A method of increasing flexibility in an assembly for forming masonry units, the method comprising the steps of:
forming at least one plunger using a tubular structure having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the tubular structure having a wall, a first direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a first bending stiffness about the first direction and at the first end of the tubular structure;
forming at least one opening in the wall of the tubular structure at least partially between the first end and the second end, the at least one opening being responsible for a second bending stiffness about the first direction and at the at least one opening, the second bending stiffness being substantially less than the first bending stiffness;
connecting the at least one plunger to a head structure; and
connecting the at least one plunger to a stripper shoe.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the tubular structure includes a second direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and the first direction and a third bending stiffness about the second direction and at the first end of the tubular structure; and wherein the at least one opening being responsible for a fourth bending stiffness about the second direction and at the at least one opening, the fourth bending stiffness being substantially less than the third bending stiffness.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the second bending stiffness is approximately half of the first bending stiffness and the fourth bending stiffness is approximately half of the third bending stiffness.