Patent ID: 7446444

Claim:
A generator hub adapter, for a bicycle generator hub, where the generator hub includes a hub axle, a generator stator, a connector, a hub shell and a generator rotor, the generator stator being mounted to the hub axle, the connector being mounted on the hub axle proximate an axial end of the hub axle by a nut member, the connector having a first contact terminal electrically connected to the generator stator, the hub shell being rotatably mounted to the hub axle and the generator rotor being fixed to the hub shell for rotation therewith, the generator stator being electrically connected to the hub axle and the nut member, the generator hub adaptor comprising: a mounting portion having a contact surface that is dimensioned and arranged to contact an axial outer face of the nut member, the mounting portion being electrically connectable to the nut member via contact between the contact surface and the axial outer face, the mounting portion further being dimensioned and arranged to mount to the hub axle adjacent to the nut member; and; a second contact terminal formed integrally with the mounting portion as a single unitary electrically conducting element, the second contact terminal being in electrical connection to the nut member via the contact surface, the mounting portion including a disk portion and a cover portion, the disk portion having defined thereon the contact surface that contacts the nut member, the disk portion being formed with a through hole dimensioned and arranged to receive the hub axle, and the cover portion extending in an axial direction from an outer periphery of the disk portion so as to cover of an outer periphery of the nut member.