Patent ID: 8657690

Claim:
A torque limiter device configured to limit torque to be transmitted from an engine to a transmission, the torque limiter device comprising: a drive member including a disc portion being configured to receive torque inputted thereto from the engine, and an annularly protruding portion axially protruding from an outer periphery of the disc portion; a cover member having an annular shape, the cover member being fixed to the annularly protruding portion; a pressure member having an annular shape, the pressure member being disposed axially between the disc portion and the cover member, the pressure member being disposed unitarily rotatably and axially movably with respect to the cover member; a friction part being disposed between the cover member and the pressure member, the friction part being disposed slidably with at least one of the cover member and the pressure member; an input-side member being disposed unitarily rotatably with the friction part; an output-side member being configured to transmit torque to the transmission; a damper mechanism being configured to couple elastically the input-side member and the output-side member in a rotational direction; a support member being fixed to the cover member, the support member including a first head portion being disposed axially between the disc portion and the cover member; and an elastic member having an annular shape, the elastic member being disposed axially between the first head portion and the pressure member in a compressed state, the disc portion includes a surface and an annular recess, the surface facing the pressure member and being axially away from the pressure member, the surface being in an inner periphery side of the annular recess and axially opposing the friction part, the annular recess being axially dented from the surface, the first head portion being arranged to be at least partially in the annular recess.