Nathan Ray Soderborg

Address:

1221 Snyder Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Phone:

7349963141

VIN:

3FAHP07Z99R192444

Make:

FORD

Model:

FUSION

Year:

2009

US Patent:

6931366, Aug 16, 2005

Filed:

Mar 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/681398

Inventors:

Steve C. Wang - Ann Arbor MI, US
Agus Sudjianto - Novi MI, US
David John Buche - Ypsilanti MI, US
Dingjun Li - Riverview MI, US
Mahesh Himatial Vora - Farmington Hills MI, US
Nathan R. Soderborg - Ann Arbor MI, US
Siyuan Jiang - Beverly Hills MI, US
Xiaoping Liu - Plymouth MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G06F007/60
G06F017/10
G06F101/00

US Classification:

703 2, 703 1, 703 6, 703 8, 702179, 702182

Abstract:

A system which receives a computer, aided model or design and which probabilistically analyzes the model by use of a modified Latin Hypercube sampling technique and combined MARS and Kriging simulation methodologies, thereby allowing a simulation to be conducted at a most probable point of operation and allowing products having desired characteristics and attributes to be created.

US Patent:

7219068, May 15, 2007

Filed:

Jan 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/043696

Inventors:

Carolyn Zelek - Scottsdale AZ, US
John King - Northville MI, US
Mahesh Himatlal Vora - Farmington Hills MI, US
Nathan R. Soderborg - Ann Arbor MI, US
Toni Brockers - Duesseldorf, DE

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 7, 705 10, 700 97

Abstract:

A method and computer-implemented system for optimizing a product. Based on the “voice of the customer”, aspects of the product that are critical to the customer satisfaction, and target values, therefore, are identified. Aspects are characterized in terms of their contributing factors. Each contributing factor is characterized in a transfer function in terms of control and noise factors impacting the contributing factors. Contributing factors are optimized during product design by shifting nominal design values for control factors with respect to the transfer function such that target contributing factors are attained with minimum variability due to existing noises and variability in control. Where target values cannot be obtained through design optimization, conventional methods of manufacturing optimization are implemented. The extent to which the target values are attained and maintained over the life of the product are assessed.

US Patent:

53056353, Apr 26, 1994

Filed:

Apr 2, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/042257

Inventors:

John V. James - Walled Lake MI
Nathan R. Soderborg - Ann Arbor MI
Timothy M. Feldkamp - Ann Arbor MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G01M 1500

US Classification:

73116

Abstract:

System and method for filtering a misfire data stream having numerical values that indicate whether a firing of a cylinder was a misfire or a proper firing, to yield an optimum measurement misfire-rate for accurate and rapid determination of whether an engine is misfiring beyond a threshold level. The method includes measuring firings of the cylinder during operation of the engine to produce measured cylinder firing signals, processing the measured cylinder firing signals received to produce a current misfire detection data stream of first and second logic signals, wherein the first logic signals indicate a current misfire condition and the second logic signals indicate a current normal firing of the engine, combining the current misfire detection data stream with previously detected and stored measured data representing an engine misfire rate, replacing the previously stored measured data by the combined current and previously stored data to produce a misfire rate output measurement, storing threshold values, comparing the combined current and previously stored data and the stored threshold values, generating an actuation signal if the combined current and previously stored data signal exceeds the stored threshold values, and indicating a misfire condition in the engine upon receiving the actuation signal.

US Patent:

53616286, Nov 8, 1994

Filed:

Aug 2, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/100794

Inventors:

Kenneth A. Marko - Ann Arbor MI
Bruce D. Bryant - Royal Oak MI
Nathan R. Soderborg - Ann Arbor MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G01M 1500

US Classification:

73116

Abstract:

A system and method for processing test measurements collected from an internal combustion engine that is cold-tested for diagnostic purposes. Test measurements are collected from an engine. The test measurements are "pre-processed" by filtering and subsampling techniques so that Principle Component Analysis can be applied to condense the quantity of test measurements while still retaining a statistically accurate indication of a majority of the original measurements. The pre-processed test measurements are then passed through one or more classifiers including: a Neural Network classifier, a Fuzzy Logic classifier, a cluster-based classifier (or "Spherical" classifier) and a Genetic Program classifier. Results from these classifiers can be used to obtain a verdict about an engine (i. e. , whether the engine is "normal" or "faulty").