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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Yu-Ning Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eduardo Andres Garcia Magraner, Ribarroja del Turia, ES;
Jing Chen, Westland, MI (US);
William Finkenstaedt, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a time to failure of a vehicle component according to a damage model generated from vehicle operating data, based on the predicted time to failure, retrieve a schematic of the vehicle component and input the schematic to an additive printer to manufacture a replacement vehicle component, and replace the vehicle component with the replacement vehicle component according to maintenance instructions that, based at least in part on the predicted time to failure, specify a time and location to replace the vehicle component.