Patent ID: 7425181

Claim:
A torque fluctuation absorbing device comprising: a first rotational member which transmits a torque from a driving power source; a damping mechanism connected with an input shaft of a transmission; the damping mechanism comprising a pair of frictional members of approximately annular-shape fixed at both surfaces of a disc; and a limiter portion for frictionally engaging the pair of frictional members with the first rotational member in a substantially direct manner or in a substantially indirect manner via a pair of frictional plates, wherein a distance between a radially inner peripheral surface and a radially outer peripheral surface of the annular friction member of at least one of the pair of frictional members ranges substantially between 1 percent and 6 percent of a major diameter of the at least one of the pair of frictional members, and at least one of the pair of frictional members includes a reinforcing member which is more rigid than the at least one of the pair of frictional members, and the reinforcing member projects at both circumferential end portions of the frictional surface less than at the vicinity of a central portion of the frictional surface on the basis of a cross sectional view of the frictional member.