ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,807, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).

"Power transmission device" was invented by Hiroshi Uehara (Neyagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission device includes a first rotor, a second rotor, a support member, an elastic member, and a first friction plate. The second rotor is disposed to be rotatable relative to the first rotor. The support member is attached to the second rotor. The elastic member elastically couples the first rotor and the second rotor therethrough to each other. The first friction plate includes an outer slide portion and an inner slide portion. The outer slide p...