Patent 10253842 was granted and assigned to Honda on April, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A torque transmission apparatus including an intermediate member disposed in a power transmission path between a first rotor and second rotor; a first elastic member interposed between the first rotor and the intermediate member; a second elastic member interposed between the intermediate member and the second rotor; an inertial body connected to the intermediate member through a third elastic member; and an elastic member supporter supporting the third elastic member to be expandable and contractible. The elastic member supporter supports the third elastic member in a manner of applying an initial load to the third elastic member, in an initial state of the first and second rotors being non-rotating.