ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,836, issued on April 7, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).

"Power transmission device" was invented by Yoshiyuki Hagihara (Neyagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission device includes a flywheel with increased inertia and a damper device. The flywheel includes a body portion, an attachment portion, and a first protruding portion. The attachment portion is disposed radially outward with respect to the body portion. The first protruding portion is disposed radially outward with respect to the attachment portion. The first protruding portion protrudes toward a first axial side with respect to the attac...