ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,682, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).
"Damper device" was invented by Hiroshi Uehara (Neyagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper device includes a torque limiter unit, a damper unit, and a positioning structure. The torque limiter unit includes a damper cover fixed to a surface of a flywheel on a first side of the flywheel in an axial direction. The damper unit is disposed such that an outer peripheral end thereof is located on a second side of an inner peripheral end of the damper cover in the axial direction. The damper unit transmits mechanical power together with the flywheel therebetwe...