US Patent Issued to EXEDY on May 19 for "Torque limiter and power transmission device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,220, issued on May 19, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).

"Torque limiter and power transmission device" was invented by Hiroshi Uehara (Neyagawa, Japan), Hiroaki Kato (Neyagawa, Japan) and Yusuke Nagaoka (Neyagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque limiter includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a friction disc, a pressure plate, and a biasing member. The first side plate includes an attachment surface. The attachment surface faces in an axial direction so as to be attached to a flywheel. The second side plate has a smaller outer diameter than the outer diameter of the first side plate. The second si...