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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Mitsubori, Wako, JP;
Shinya Nishiyama, Wako, JP;
Naoki Kobayashi, Wako, JP;
Dai Arai, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powertrain structure includes a drive shaft and a driven shaft disposed coaxially, with end surfaces opposed to each other, and a torque damper interposed between the shafts and having half bodies fitted to a shaft end parts of the drive and driven shafts, with the half bodies joined together by engagement of opposed, outer circumferential end surfaces thereof and a damper spring interposed therebetween such that it straddles drive-side and driven-side spring recesses respectively formed in the opposed surfaces of the half bodies. One of two fitting parts provided between the half bodies and the respective shafts has a smaller clearance and the other has an larger clearance in the radial direction of the shafts.