ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,631, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Osaka, 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 damper unit and a torque limiter unit. The damper unit includes first and second plates each including a plurality of window portions, a hub flange including a plurality of window holes, and a stopper mechanism. The first plate includes an engaging portion and a fixing portion fixed to the second plate. The engaging portion and the fixing portion are disposed radially outside the plurality of window portions. The hub flange includes a protrusion d...