Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Hub
Patent
1992-06-29
1994-07-05
Stormer, Russell D.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Hub
301111, 411 8, 403 27, B60B 2706
Patent
active
053261577
ABSTRACT:
A wheel mounting apparatus for attaching a wheel to the wheel forks of the body frame of a bicycle, comprising an axle for rotatably supporting the wheel and engageable with the wheel forks of the body frame, a retaining device for preventing detachment of the axle from the wheel forks, the retaining device being constantly biased to an operative position to prevent detachment of the axle from the wheel forks, or an inoperative position to allow detachment of the axle from the wheel forks, and a control device for switching the retaining device from the inoperative position to the operative position. The control device is operable with rotation of the wheel relative to the wheel forks to switch the retaining device automatically from the inoperative position to the operative position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4079958 (1978-03-01), Segawa
patent: 4400038 (1983-08-01), Hosokawa
patent: 4770011 (1988-09-01), Constant
patent: 5165762 (1992-11-01), Phillips
Shimano Inc.
Stormer Russell D.
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