Patent ID: 6848752

Claim:
A spoke fastening structure comprising: a bicycle wheel rim having a fastening hole of rectangular shape disposed in an inner surface of said bicycle wheel rim, said fastening hole having two long sides and two short sides, said two long sides extending at right angles to a center line of a circumference of said bicycle wheel rim; a fitting body having a head and a threaded shank extending from said head, said fitting body having a through hole extending through said threaded shank and said head, said fitting body being fitted into said fastening hole of said bicycle wheel rim such that said head is retained in said fastening hole; a nut engaged with said threaded shank of said fitting body; and a spoke end fastener suitable for fastening onto an end of a spoke, said spoke end fastener being received in said through hole of said fitting body, said fastening hole having a pair of ribs extending respectively along said inner surface aligned with said two short sides of said fastening hole, said pair of ribs retaining said head of said fitting body.