ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,796, issued on June 17, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Damper device" was invented by Tomohiro Saeki (Kariya, Japan), Keitaro Okada (Kariya, Japan) and Tomoki Kouroki (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper device including a first rotary body; a second rotary body that is rotated relative to the first rotary body; an elastic mechanism portion; and a control plate that includes a radially extending portion that abuts against the elastic mechanism portion and an axially extending portion that is partially housed in at least one of the first rotary body and the second rotary body. The control plate is dispo...