Patent ID: 8419137
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
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 with at least one recess; and a holding member including a shaft and an enlarged head, the shaft being attached to the bicycle fork such that the enlarged head is selectively movable between a retaining position and a releasing position, the enlarged head being disposed in the at least one recess of the adapter and contacting the axially facing surface of the adapter while the holding member is in the retaining position such that the enlarged head prevents both rotational and 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 adapter being rotatably arranged within the adapter receiving bore without moving axially with respect to the bicycle fork while the holding member is in the releasing position.