Sunil J Bean from Janesville, WI, age 34

Resumes

Sunil Bean Woodridge, IL

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Work:

ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB
Argonne, IL, US
Jun 2011 to Aug 2011
Cooperative Education Intern, R&D for Nano-positioning Control ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB
Argonne, IL, US
Sep 2010 to Nov 2010
Cooperative Education Intern, R & D for Nano-positioning Control UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Champaign, IL
Sep 2009 to Nov 2009
Lab Assistant, Supervisor- Scott Wujeck (Grad Student) ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB
Argonne, IL, US
Jun 2009 to Aug 2009
Internship through Department of Educational Programs

Education:

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Champaign, IL
Jan 2010 to Jan 2012
Bachelors Secondary Field
Mechanical Systems

Skills:

SKILLS Computer: Matlab Simulink LabVIEW LanVIEW FPGA Pro/Engineer Visual Basic C++

Us Patents

Hydraulic Drive System For Cryogenic Pump
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US Patent:

20170058878, Mar 2, 2017
Filed:

Aug 24, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/833847
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Cory A. Brown - Peoria IL, US
Sunil J. Bean - Peoria IL, US
Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F04B 15/08
F04B 9/117
Abstract:

A drive system for a cryogenic pump is provided including a spool housing having a plurality of valves disposed therein about a pump axis and a tappet housing including a plurality of tappet bores, each tappet bore in communication with a respective one of the plurality of valves. A collection cavity collects hydraulic fluid from the tappet bores. A pump flange includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. An inlet manifold directs hydraulic fluid received through the fluid inlet to each of the plurality of valves. An outlet manifold directs hydraulic fluid from each of the valves and the collection cavity to the fluid outlet.

System Configured To Pump Fuel
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US Patent:

20170045022, Feb 16, 2017
Filed:

Aug 12, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/824919
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Sunil Bean - Peoria IL, US
Cory Andrew Brown - Peoria IL, US
Robert Campion - Chillicothe IL, US
Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F02M 37/04
F02M 37/00
Abstract:

A fuel pump system configured to control a pressure pulse within a fuel system. The fuel pump system includes a conduit and a pump fluidly coupled to the conduit. The conduit has a conduit volume and is configured to contain fuel within. The pump includes a first pump stage in which the pump defines a maximum pump displacement and a second pump stage in which the pump defines a minimum pump displacement. The pump is configured to provide an output mass of fuel to the conduit when the pump transitions from the first pump stage to the second pump stage, causing pressure of the fuel within the conduit to pulse. The maximum pump displacement is set to a value defined by a ratio of the output mass of fuel per the conduit volume needed to maintain the pressure pulse in the conduit within a predetermined pressure pulse range.

Multi-Plunger Cryogenic Pump Having Intake Manifold
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US Patent:

20170030341, Feb 2, 2017
Filed:

Jul 27, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/810372
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Cory A. BROWN - Peoria IL, US
Joshua W. STEFFEN - El Paso IL, US
Sunil J. BEAN - Peoria IL, US
Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F04B 15/08
F04B 1/12
F17C 7/02
Abstract:

A cryogenic pump is disclosed as having a plunger housing with a plurality of barrels formed in a ring around a central axis, and a plurality of plungers. Each of the plurality of plungers may be reciprocatingly disposed within a different one of the plurality of barrels. The cryogenic pump may also include an inlet manifold connected to the plunger housing and having a plurality of bores. Each of the plurality of bores may be open to a corresponding one of the plurality of barrels. The cryogenic pump may also have at least one orifice in fluid communication with each of the plurality of bores, and an inlet check valve disposed between each of the plurality of bores and the at least one orifice. The inlet check valve may be movable to selectively allow flow between the at least one orifice and a corresponding one of the plurality of barrels.

Multiple Element Firing Strategy For Cryogenic Pump
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US Patent:

20160377041, Dec 29, 2016
Filed:

Jun 29, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/753613
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Sunil J. Bean - Peoria IL, US
Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F02M 59/10
Abstract:

A pump has a plurality of pumping elements, each being independently responsive to an actuation signal from a controller. The controller is programmed to maintain a desired pressure at the pump discharge, monitor the fluid pressure at the pump discharge, compare the fluid pressure with the desired fluid pressure to determine a pressure error, provide commands to sequentially actuate the pumping elements when the pressure error is within a threshold range, and provide commands to actuate more than one of the plurality of pumping elements simultaneously, such that more than one pumped amounts of fluid are delivered simultaneously at the pump discharge, when the pressure error droops outside of the threshold range.

Hydraulic Drive Multi-Element Cryogenic Pump
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US Patent:

20160377068, Dec 29, 2016
Filed:

Jun 29, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/753585
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Adrienne M. Brasche - Peoria IL, US
Sunil J. Bean - Peoria IL, US
Shivangini S. Hazari - Peoria IL, US
Sana Mahmood - Peoria IL, US
Nikhil M. Arya - Washington IL, US
Joshua W. Steffen - El Paso IL, US
Daniel R. Baldwin - Peoria IL, US
Dana R. Coldren - Secor IL, US
Robert M. Campion - Chillicothe IL, US
Alan R. Stockner - Metamora IL, US
Assignee:

CATERPILLAR INC. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F04B 15/08
F04B 7/02
F04B 1/12
F04B 1/28
F04B 1/16
Abstract:

A cryogenic fluid pump includes a plurality of pumping elements, each of the plurality of pumping elements having an actuator portion that is associated with and configured to selectively activate one end of a pushrod in response to a command by an electronic controller, an activation portion associated with an opposite end of the pushrod, and a pumping portion associated with the activation portion. For each of the plurality of pumping elements, the pumping portion is activated for pumping a fluid by the activation portion, which activation portion is activated by the actuator portion. The electronic controller is configured to selectively activate each of the plurality of pumping elements such that a flow of fluid from the cryogenic fluid pump results from continuous activations of the plurality of pumping elements at selected dwell times between activations of successive pumping elements.

Pumping Mechanism With Plunger
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US Patent:

20160222949, Aug 4, 2016
Filed:

Jan 30, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/610799
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Dana Ray COLDREN - Secor IL, US
Alan Ray STOCKNER - Metamora IL, US
Sana MAHMOOD - Peoria IL, US
Robert Michael CAMPION - Chillicothe IL, US
Sunil Jefferey BEAN - Peoria IL, US
Assignee:

CATERPILLAR INC. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F04B 1/26
Abstract:

A pumping mechanism includes a barrel assembly having a plunger bore. The plunger bore has a longitudinal axis. The pumping mechanism also includes a plunger configured to slide within the plunger bore parallel to the longitudinal axis. The pumping mechanism further includes a push rod separate from the plunger. The push rod is configured to move away from the plunger to be spaced from the plunger, and the push rod is further configured to move within the plunger bore to push the plunger.

Pump Having Inlet Reservoir With Vapor-Layer Standpipe
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US Patent:

20160222951, Aug 4, 2016
Filed:

Jan 30, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/610669
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Sunil J. BEAN - Peoria IL, US
Adrienne M. BRASCHE - Peoria IL, US
Cory A. BROWN - Peoria IL, US
Sana MAHMOOD - Peoria IL, US
Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL
International Classification:

F04B 23/02
F04B 19/22
F04B 53/16
F04B 25/00
F04B 53/10
F04B 53/14
F04B 3/00
F04B 19/06
Abstract:

A pump is disclosed having a manifold with an inlet, a pressure outlet, and a return outlet. The pump may also have a jacket connected to an end of the manifold to create an enclosure that is in fluid communication with the inlet of the manifold, and at least one pumping mechanism extending from the manifold into the jacket. The at least one pumping mechanism may have an inlet open to the enclosure and an outlet in communication with the pressure outlet of the manifold. The pump may further have a standpipe extending from the manifold into the enclosure. The standpipe may be in communication with the return outlet of the manifold.

Gas Pressure High And Low Detection
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US Patent:

20150354473, Dec 10, 2015
Filed:

Jun 9, 2014
Appl. No.:

14/299185
Inventors:

- Peoria IL, US
Steven Thomas Grant - Groveland IL, US
Matthew Benjamin Yandell - Peoria IL, US
Hardikkumar Shah - Peoria IL, US
Sunil Jefferey Bean - Peoria IL, US
International Classification:

F02D 19/06
G01L 13/00
F02D 41/00
Abstract:

A system and method for detecting pressure deviation of a first fluid in an engine is disclosed. The method may comprise calculating, for each of a plurality of measurements, a delta between an actual first fluid pressure and a target pressure, summing each delta obtained from the calculating, and determining pressure deviation of the first fluid based on a cumulative sum of the deltas. In an embodiment, the first fluid may be natural gas.