ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,472, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Diagnostic device" was invented by Ian M. Dayton (Arlington, Va.) and Mark Edward Nowakowski (Arlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic device includes a probe, a motor configured to scan the probe over a test circuit, a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) attached to the probe and configured to be coupled to the test circuit such that an electronic noise present in the test circuit induces a first current that flows through the SQUID, and a current path configured to receive a second current that flows through the SQUID. The SQ...