US 11,868,909 B2
Enhanced vehicle maintenance
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); and William Finkenstaedt, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/776,560.
Prior Publication US 2021/0241128 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06N 5/04 (2013.01) [G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); G07C 5/08 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the 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
specify maintenance instructions that include a time and location to replace the vehicle component based at least in part on the predicted time to failure of the vehicle component, a delivery time of a second vehicle component to the specified location, and a time for the additive printer to manufacture the replacement vehicle component;
wherein the vehicle component is replaced with the replacement vehicle component according to the maintenance instructions.