Patent ID: 7441842
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: B60B

Abstract:
1. A bicycle hub comprising: a tubular hub axle configured and arranged to be non-rotatably coupled to a bicycle frame by a mounting shaft; a hub body coaxially coupled on the hub axle so that the hub body is disposed radially outwardly with respect to the hub axle, the hub body including a first female screw section and a first internal positioning surface that faces in an axially outward direction toward the first female screw section; a first bearing unit disposed between the hub body and the hub axle so that the hub body freely rotates with respect to the hub axle, the first bearing unit including: a lock member configured and arranged to retain an axial position of the first outer ring of the first bearing unit with respect to the hub body by locking the first outer ring in one of a plurality of rotational positions, the first male screw section, the first end surface, the first internal positioning surface and the first female screw section being arranged relative to each other such that the first end surface of the first outer ring will contact the first internal positioning surface prior to the first male screw section reaching an internal terminal end of the first female screw section when threading the first male screw section into the first female screw section.