Patent ID: 7150148

Claim:
A thrust receiving structure of a torque converter cover in which an input shaft of an automatic transmission is disposed on a center of a torque converter, a front cover of a converter cover is provided with a thrust bearing, a thrust of a turbine hub fitted to said input shaft is supported by said thrust bearing, wherein a center of said front cover is formed with a punched hole, the punched hole is covered with a bearing housing comprising a cap and a flange, an outer periphery of the flange is welded to an outer surface of the front cover, said thrust bearing provided at its central portion with an insertion hole for the input shaft is fitted into said punched hole, a side surface of said thrust bearing is abutted against an inner surface of said flange, a tip end of said input shaft is inserted into said cap, an end surface of said turbine hub fitted to the input shaft is supported by said thrust bearing, wherein said inner surface of said flange abuts said outer surface of said front cover.