Patent ID: 8777330

Claim:
A bicycle axle assembly comprising: a nut member including a first part having an internal thread, and a second part having a projection arranged to engage a dropout of a bicycle frame, the first and second parts having first and second anti-rotational structures, respectively, that move relative to each other between an engaged position, in which the first and second parts are non-rotatably engaged relative to each other by the first and second anti-rotational structures, and a disengaged position, in which the first and second mating anti-rotational structures are disengaged such that the first and second parts rotate relative to each other, the first and second parts including an axial retention structure therebetween that temporarily holds the first and second parts in the engaged position and temporarily holds the first and second parts from moving in an axial direction of the nut member while the first and second parts are in the engaged position.