Method to facilitate failure modes and effects analysis

US7412632B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Motor Company · US

Inventors

• Richard Liddy · Westland, US
• Bruce Maeroff · Dearborn, US
• David Craig · Thornton, US
• Toni Brockers · Goldkronach, DE
• Uwe Oettershagen · Gummersbach, DE
• Tim Davis · Hamilton, BM

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/35227
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system to facilitate failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) of one or more components of a system. The FMEA is indicated with the generation of an FMEA form. A graphical user interface provides a sequential order of completion for a number of steps. The steps are followed to generate graphical representations which are to be completed by an FMEA analyst and received by the graphical user interface to facilitate generating the FMEA form.