To provide a mounting structure of a damper which has a limiter and forms a power transmission mechanism for a hybrid vehicle capable of eliminating a variation of limiter torque.

The damper 1 having a plurality of damper springs 5, 5... is provided in an outer case 4 which comprises a front cover 14 joined to a drive plate 17 and a rear cover 15. An outer peripheral plate provided with friction material is provided to the outer periphery of a disc 8 of the damper 1 and nipped by a limiter plate 2 pressed by a disc spring 3. A hub 13 having a spindle hole is mounted to the center of the damper, a sleeve 16 is extended rearward at the center of the rear cover 15, the hub 13 is fitted in a sleeve hole, an output shaft 19 is fitted in the spindle hole of the hub 13, and the front cover 14 of the outer case 4 is fixed at the drive plate 17 attached to the tip of a crankshaft of the engine with screws.

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