Patent ID: 7954239

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a torque limiter device configured to limit torque between a flywheel and a transmission, the method comprising: preparing a clutch disk assembly and a transmission torque limiting portion, the clutch disk assembly including an input plate, an output member, and a damper portion, the input plate including a frictional coupling portion, fixing the frictional coupling portion to a radially outer portion of the input plate; engaging the output member with an output shaft transferring the torque to the transmission; configuring the damper portion to couple elastically the input plate and the output member in a circumferential direction; attaching the transmission torque limiting portion to an input member of the transmission, the transmission torque limiting portion holding the frictional coupling portion between a pair of plates of the clutch and limiting the torque transmitted from the input member to the output shaft; attaching the input plate and the damper portion to the output member; attaching the frictional coupling portion to the input plate; attaching the transmission torque limiting portion to the frictional coupling portion; and supplying a provisional torque to at least one of the transmission torque limiting portion and the output member to rotate one of the transmission torque limiting portion and the output member relatively to the other, before attaching the frictional coupling portion to the input plate and before engaging the output member with an output shaft transferring the torque to the transmission.