ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,961, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).
"Damper device and method of assembling same" was invented by Hiroshi Uehara (Neyagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of assembling a damper device, a first support portion of a first rotor and a first accommodation portion of a second rotor are overlapped to eliminate an axial offset between them. A first elastic member is placed in the first support portion and the first accommodation portion. A second support portion of the first rotor and a second accommodation portion of the second rotor are overlapped to eliminate an axial offset between t...