Patents by Inventor Gary Stork

Gary Stork 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 of time-in-service reliability concern resolution
    Patent number: 7359832
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Tim Davis, Andy Moynihan, Trevor Sparrow, Robert Morrison, Gary Stork
  • Method of time-in-service reliability concern resolution
    Publication number: 20050289380
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Tim Davis, Andy Moynihan, Trevor Sparrow, Robert Morrison, Gary Stork