Patent ID: 7628518
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
1. A bicycle hub comprising: a hub shaft configured and arranged to be mounted in a non-rotatable manner to a bicycle frame; a hub shell having a hollow interior with the hub shaft being disposed in the hollow interior of the hub shell; a bearing arrangement arranged between the hub shell and the hub shaft in such a manner that the hub shell can rotate freely with respect to the hub shaft; an electricity generating mechanism arranged inside the hub shell and configured to generate electricity in response to relative rotation of the hub shell with respect to the hub shaft; and a first lamp arranged at one end of the hub shell and illuminated using electricity generated by the electricity generating mechanism, the first lamp including a bracket non-rotatably mounted on the hub shaft even when the bicycle hub is not attached to a bicycle frame but to permit axial movement of the bracket relative to the hub shaft during assembly of the bracket to the hub shaft, the bracket being axially retained on the hub shaft by a nut threadedly mounted on the hub shaft even when the bicycle hub is not attached to a bicycle frame, and the first lamp including a casing member non-rotatably attached to the bracket, the casing member being sized to receive the nut therethrough so that the casing member is mountable to and removable from the bracket without detaching the nut from the hub shaft.