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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Tim Davis, Warwick, GB;
Andy Moynihan, Essex, GB;
Trevor Sparrow, Essex, GB;
Robert Morrison, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary Stork, Northville, MI (US);
Tim Davis, Warwick, GB;
Andy Moynihan, Essex, GB;
Trevor Sparrow, Essex, GB;
Robert Morrison, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gary Stork, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a method determining a corrective design for a system component exhibiting time-in-service reliability concerns. The method comprises the steps of establishing a plurality of remote customer databases for collecting service data for a system component, receiving at a centralized database during a predetermined period of time at least one parameter representative of a failure rate for the system component based at least in part on the service data and determining if the at least one parameter represents a system component defect. When the at least one parameter represents a system component defect, the method includes determining at least one failure mode of the system component based at least in part on the at least one received parameter and determining a corrective design for the system component based at least in part on the at least one failure mode.