Patents by Inventor Sunil Jeffrey Bean

Sunil Jeffrey Bean 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).

  • Method and apparatus for implementing ultra-high stability stages with combined degrees of freedom for multiple axes of motion
    Patent number: 11396974
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an ultra-high stability stage with combined degrees of freedom for multiple axes of motion. The ultra-high stability stage includes a base, a driving wedge supported by the base and a following wedge supported by the driving wedge. The base and each wedge are formed of a selected stable material having predefined rigidity and low thermal expansion coefficient. Integrated air bearings, respective driving mechanics associated with each of the wedges and guiding components having selected degrees of freedom enable movement about multiple axes of motion, such as X, Y, Z translation axes, and rotation X and rotation Y axes. Another ultra-high stability stage with combined degrees of freedom for multiple axes of motion includes an intermediate wedge between the driving wedge and the following wedge to enable additional movement about a rotation X axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Uchicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Alfred Preissner, Sunil Jeffrey Bean, Volker Rose
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING ULTRA-HIGH STABILITY STAGES WITH COMBINED DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR MULTIPLE AXES OF MOTION
    Publication number: 20220099244
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an ultra-high stability stage with combined degrees of freedom for multiple axes of motion. The ultra-high stability stage includes a base, a driving wedge supported by the base and a following wedge supported by the driving wedge. The base and each wedge are formed of a selected stable material having predefined rigidity and low thermal expansion coefficient. Integrated air bearings, respective driving mechanics associated with each of the wedges and guiding components having selected degrees of freedom enable movement about multiple axes of motion, such as X, Y, Z translation axes, and rotation X and rotation Y axes. Another ultra-high stability stage with combined degrees of freedom for multiple axes of motion includes an intermediate wedge between the driving wedge and the following wedge to enable additional movement about a rotation X axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Curt Alfred Preissner, Sunil Jeffrey Bean, Volker Rose