Patents by Inventor Thomas Stern
Thomas Stern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11920882Abstract: Trigger assemblies for firearms, such as pistols, that include a striker assembly with a spring-loaded firing pin and downwardly-protruding firing pin flag for interaction with the trigger assembly. The trigger assemblies include a trigger, a trigger spring, a trigger bar with a connector protrusion for cooperation with a connector that can be inserted into the trigger housing, and the trigger bar is formed to cooperate with a pawl mount, and a sear is provided to cooperate with the firing pin flag.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GLOCK TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Friedrich Dechant, Leopold Oppenauer, Thomas Stern, Erich Zoch
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Publication number: 20240028893Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing sequence modeling tasks using insertions. One of the methods includes receiving a system input that includes one or more source elements from a source sequence and zero or more target elements from a target sequence, wherein each source element is selected from a vocabulary of source elements and wherein each target element is selected from a vocabulary of target elements; generating a partial concatenated sequence that includes the one or more source elements from the source sequence and the zero or more target elements from the target sequence, wherein the source and target elements arranged in the partial concatenated sequence according to a combined order; and generating a final concatenated sequence that includes a finalized source sequence and a finalized target sequence, wherein the finalized target sequence includes one or more target elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: William Chan, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Nikita Kitaev, Kelvin Gu, Jakob D. Uszkoreit
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Publication number: 20240011729Abstract: Trigger assemblies for firearms, such as pistols, that include a striker assembly with a spring-loaded firing pin and downwardly-protruding firing pin flag for interaction with the trigger assembly. The trigger assemblies include a trigger, a trigger spring, a trigger bar with a connector protrusion for cooperation with a connector that can be inserted into the trigger housing, and the trigger bar is formed to cooperate with a pawl mount, and a sear is provided to cooperate with the firing pin flag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Friedrich DECHANT, Leopold Oppenauer, Thomas STERN, Erich ZOCH
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Patent number: 11681954Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing parallel generation of output from an autoregressive sequence to sequence model. In one aspect, a blockwise parallel decoding method takes advantage of the fact that some architectures can score sequences in sublinear time. By generating predictions for multiple time steps at once then backing off to a longest prefix validated by the scoring model, the methods can substantially improve the speed of greedy decoding without compromising performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Noam M. Shazeer, Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern
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Publication number: 20230160664Abstract: Mounting device for accessories of a firearm, and accessories with such integrated mounting devices, the firearm having guide elements with a recess, where the mounting device has at least one bearing knob and at least one locking spindle configured to cooperate with the bearing knob and the at least one recess. The at least one locking spindle has a selector knob with a resting protrusion, a connection piece and a center part on which at least one locking protrusion is formed. The locking spindle is rotatably and/or longitudinally displaceable in the device housing and is arranged to interact with the bearing knob and the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventor: Thomas STERN
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Patent number: 11657277Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing sequence modeling tasks using insertions. One of the methods includes receiving a system input that includes one or more source elements from a source sequence and zero or more target elements from a target sequence, wherein each source element is selected from a vocabulary of source elements and wherein each target element is selected from a vocabulary of target elements; generating a partial concatenated sequence that includes the one or more source elements from the source sequence and the zero or more target elements from the target sequence, wherein the source and target elements arranged in the partial concatenated sequence according to a combined order; and generating a final concatenated sequence that includes a finalized source sequence and a finalized target sequence, wherein the finalized target sequence includes one or more target elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: William Chan, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Nikita Kitaev, Kelvin Gu, Jakob D. Uszkoreit
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Publication number: 20230120410Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating network outputs using insertion operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Jamie Ryan Kiros, William Chan
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Patent number: 11576498Abstract: Stacked object slippage prevention apparatus includes two rigid retainers each having a straight portion and an angled portion at an angle of 80-115 degrees to the straight portion, and a connecting element connected at opposite end regions to the retainers. The connecting element may be a strap and a pair of fixing elements, one at each end region of the strap, and which are adjustable relative to the strap to provide the strap with an adjustable length to fit different sized beds. When installed, for example, between a mattress and an underlying support, with the angled portion of the retainer at the foot of the bed oriented upward and the angled portion of the retainer at the head of the bed oriented downward, movement of the mattress toward the foot of the bed is prevented by pressure applied to the support being transferred between the retainers through the connecting element.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Thomas Stern
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Patent number: 11556721Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating network outputs using insertion operations.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Jamie Ryan Kiros, William Chan
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Patent number: 11530894Abstract: A training pistol having a rigid barrel and operating with a conventional blowback system, including a frame, a slide and a barrel, including a slide stop device, a firing pin assembly and preferably including a slide lock which can be moved into a disassembly position in which it releases the movement of the slide toward the front. This release can only be achieved if there is no magazine in the magazine well of the frame and the slide is stopped. The barrel is fastened in the frame by a locking device that can be brought into a release position in which it releases the barrel. Additionally an unlocking gap is provided between the barrel and the slide, and when the gap is overcome, after the slide lock has moved into the disassembly position, an unlocking ramp provided on the slide forces the locking device into the release position.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: GLOCK TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Friedrich Dechant, Thomas Stern
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Publication number: 20210019477Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating network outputs using insertion operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Jamie Ryan Kiros, William Chan
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Publication number: 20210003362Abstract: A training pistol having a rigid barrel and operating with a conventional blowback system, including a frame, a slide and a barrel, including a slide stop device, a firing pin assembly and preferably including a slide lock which can be moved into a disassembly position in which it releases the movement of the slide toward the front. This release can only be achieved if there is no magazine in the magazine well of the frame and the slide is stopped. The barrel is fastened in the frame by a locking device that can be brought into a release position in which it releases the barrel. Additionally an unlocking gap is provided between the barrel and the slide, and when the gap is overcome, after the slide lock has moved into the disassembly position, an unlocking ramp provided on the slide forces the locking device into the release position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Friedrich DECHANT, Thomas Stern
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Publication number: 20200372356Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing sequence modeling tasks using insertions. One of the methods includes receiving a system input that includes one or more source elements from a source sequence and zero or more target elements from a target sequence, wherein each source element is selected from a vocabulary of source elements and wherein each target element is selected from a vocabulary of target elements; generating a partial concatenated sequence that includes the one or more source elements from the source sequence and the zero or more target elements from the target sequence, wherein the source and target elements arranged in the partial concatenated sequence according to a combined order; and generating a final concatenated sequence that includes a finalized source sequence and a finalized target sequence, wherein the finalized target sequence includes one or more target elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: William Chan, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Nikita Kitaev, Kelvin Gu, Jakob D. Uszkoreit
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Patent number: 10740571Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating network outputs using insertion operations.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Jamie Ryan Kiros, William Chan
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Publication number: 20200234011Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating network outputs using insertion operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern, Jamie Ryan Kiros, William Chan
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Publication number: 20200082226Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing parallel generation of output from an autoregressive sequence to sequence model. In one aspect, a blockwise parallel decoding method takes advantage of the fact that some architectures can score sequences in sublinear time. By generating predictions for multiple time steps at once then backing off to a longest prefix validated by the scoring model, the methods can substantially improve the speed of greedy decoding without compromising performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Noam M. Shazeer, Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern
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Patent number: 10521701Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing parallel generation of output from an autoregressive sequence to sequence model. In one aspect, a blockwise parallel decoding method takes advantage of the fact that some architectures can score sequences in sublinear time. By generating predictions for multiple time steps at once then backing off to a longest prefix validated by the scoring model, the methods can substantially improve the speed of greedy decoding without compromising performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Noam M. Shazeer, Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern
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Publication number: 20190354812Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing parallel generation of output from an autoregressive sequence to sequence model. In one aspect, a blockwise parallel decoding method takes advantage of the fact that some architectures can score sequences in sublinear time. By generating predictions for multiple time steps at once then backing off to a longest prefix validated by the scoring model, the methods can substantially improve the speed of greedy decoding without compromising performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Noam M. Shazeer, Jakob D. Uszkoreit, Mitchell Thomas Stern
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Patent number: 9113663Abstract: The present invention provides a unit or segment having a ball, a socket and a connector with the connector physically linking the ball and socket together such that a main opening of the socket continuous with the socket cavity faces away from the connected ball. Alternatively, a unit/segment may instead include a ball and a socket coupled directly together. Elongated structures comprising a plurality of units joined together in series, such as through ball joints and other connections, are further provided that may vary greatly in length and size. The ball and socket may have corresponding electromagnets and magnetic materials, respectively, that may attract or repel each other to cause controlled rotational movement of the individual ball joint(s) by controlling the operation of the electromagnets. Higher order structures including one or more elongated structures are further provided. Methods for constructing and/or operating units and/or elongated structures are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Inventor: Thomas Stern
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Publication number: 20150093917Abstract: The present invention provides a unit or segment having a ball, a socket and a connector with the connector physically linking the ball and socket together such that a main opening of the socket continuous with the socket cavity faces away from the connected ball. Alternatively, a unit/segment may instead include a ball and a socket coupled directly together. Elongated structures comprising a plurality of units joined together in series, such as through ball joints and other connections, are further provided that may vary greatly in length and size. The ball and socket may have corresponding electromagnets and magnetic materials, respectively, that may attract or repel each other to cause controlled rotational movement of the individual ball joint(s) by controlling the operation of the electromagnets. Higher order structures including one or more elongated structures are further provided. Methods for constructing and/or operating units and/or elongated structures are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventor: Thomas Stern