Patent ID: 8424975
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: B62K,B62M

Abstract:
1. A bicycle wheel securing structure comprising: a bicycle fork having a pair of axle support portions that are spaced apart to receive a bicycle hub therebetween and with one of the axle support portions having an adapter receiving bore; an adapter disposed in the adapter receiving bore in one of the axle support portions, with the adapter including a threaded axle mounting opening, an axially facing surface that faces in an axial direction of the threaded axle mounting opening, and an outer circumferential surface having at least one recess; and a holding member movably coupled to the one of the axle support portions with the adapter between a retaining position and a releasing position, the holding member including a shaft and an enlarged head, the shaft being disposed in the at least one recess and the enlarged head contacting the axially facing surface of the adapter to prevent axial movement of the adapter with respect to the bicycle fork along an axis of the axle mounting opening while the holding member is in the retaining position, the shaft being disengaged with the at least one recess, the axially facing surface being a visible surface as viewed along the axial direction of the threaded axle mounting opening from one axial end face of the adapter while the holding member is in the releasing position, and the adapter being rotatable within the adapter receiving bore without moving axially with respect to the bicycle fork while the holding member is in the releasing position.