ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,018, issued on March 25, was assigned to VALEO KAPEC Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Torsional damper and hybrid drive module comprising same" was invented by Jung-Woo Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torsional damper disposed between a rotor sleeve, which is configured to receive a rotational force of an engine, and a rotor hub, which is disposed rearward of the rotor sleeve, and configured to transmit the rotational force of the engine to the rotor hub, and a hybrid drive module to which the torsional damper is applied, includes: a first damper, and the first damper includes a first cover plate provided at ...