Abstract: Technology is described for associating a map tag with a location. The technology receives an identity of a creator, an indication of a geographic location, a name to be used as a moniker for the geographic location, and permission information from the creator identifying at least one user who can access an aspect of the geographic location. The technology stores, in a map tag directory that stores at least one other map tag, as a part of a newly created map tag associated with the creator, the received indication of the geographic location, name, and permission information.

Abstract: Method of stabilizing valve lift-off movement in an automotive hydraulic shock absorber having compression and expansion chambers filled with a hydraulic shock-absorber fluid is diclosed. The chamber are divided by a valve body which has one or more orifices that have fluid flow therethrough controlled by a spring biased valve that lifts off from the valve body when the fluid pressure differential between chambers is above a predetermined amount.

Abstract: An automotive shock absorber including a working cylinder, an outer cylinder mounted coaxially about the working cylinder, a piston rod attached to a piston slidably carried within the working cylinder, and a rod guide engaged with the outer cylinder for locating the piston rod coaxiallyl with the working and outer cylinders includes a unitary striker plate for maintaining engagement of the rod guide with the outer cylinder, wherein the striker plate comprises an annular ring formed from the outer cylinder and extending radially inwardly from the outer periphery of the outer cylinder with the annular ring having a U-shaped cross section oriented such that the legs of the U-shaped section lie generally perpendicular to the axis of the outer cylinder.

Abstract: An interchangeable mouthpiece bit for use with horses or the like includes a pair of spaced apart shank members adapted at one end thereof for connection to a structure for attachment to a horse's head and adapted at the other end thereof for connection to reins. A mouthpiece is attached to an intermediate portion of each of the shank members for insertion into the mouth of a horse. A connection for selectively detaching and re-attaching the mouthpiece to the shank members is provided so that one pair of shank members can be used with a plurality of different mouthpieces. The mouthpiece connection includes a post attached at one end thereof to an intermediate portion of each of the shank members. A post receiving member is connected to the ends of the mouthpiece for being slideable onto the post and extending around the post far enough to allow only slideable movement between the post and the post receiving member when the post receiving member is disposed on the post.