Shimano Inc.

Yasuyuki Komada

Takuma Sakai

Yuichiro Hidaka

Shun Kakehashi

Takaya Masuda

Kohei Obuchi

Kazuma Mori

Kohei Ohyabu

Tatsuya Matsushita

Yusuke Nishikawa

Nobuyoshi Fujii

Mototsugu Nakai

Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor

Etsuyoshi Watarai

Yoshimitsu Miki

Kentaro Kosaka

Takehiko Nakajima

Kazuya Kuwayama

Yoshiyuki Kasai

Naoki Fujimoto

Yasuhisa Watanabe

Eiji Mishima

Katsuhiro Tachibana

Fumihide Numata

Takuro Jinbu

Akihiko Syouge

Yuusuke Nishikawa

Hiroshi Matsumoto

Masahiro Nakakura

Takafumi Nishino

Takaaki Fujiwara

Tomohiro Takimoto

Hirohisa Toyoshima

Norihisa Senoo

Hayata Mizutani

Ryo Yamazaki

Nobuhiro Kure

Yasunobu Goto

Shouichi Ono

Hiroshi Tsuda

Ayako Takahashi

Kodai Hirota

Soichiro Hoshino

Shuhei Tahara

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, an electronic component, and a reinforcement member. The base member includes a first end portion and a second end portion and extends between the first end portion and the second end portion in a longitudinal direction. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a vehicle body of the human-powered vehicle. The second end portion includes an internal space. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The electronic component is provided in the internal space of the second end portion. The reinforcement member is coupled to the second end portion. The reinforcement member is a separate member from the second end portion. The reinforcement member is at least partially provided between the second end portion and the operating member.

Operating device for human-powered vehicle

A device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a communication electrical contact. The communication electrical contact is contactable with an electrical contact of an electric device. The electrical contact has a first state where the electrical contact receives electricity from a power supply and a second state where the electrical contact is in contact with the communication electrical contact. The communication electrical contact is configured to be in contact with the electrical contact to allow communication between an external device and the electric device via the communication electrical contact and the electrical contact in the second state of the electrical contact.

Device for human-powered vehicle

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes an accommodating structure configured to accommodate a power supply defining a radial direction. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The accommodating structure includes a power-supply accommodating space, into which the power supply is to be inserted along the radial direction and in an insertion direction which is non-parallel to the pivot axis.

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle includes a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, a base body, and an accommodating structure. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The base body is configured to accommodate at least one of a hydraulic unit. The accommodating structure is configured to accommodate at least one of circuitry accommodating part and a power-supply accommodating part. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The accommodating structure is a separate member from the base body. The accommodating structure is detachably attached to the base body at the second end portion.

A control system is provided for a control device of a human-powered vehicle. The control system includes a first operating device, a second operating device, a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The first operating device includes a first base, a first operating member, a first handlebar and a first electrical switch unit. The second operating device includes a second base, a second handlebar attachment and a second electrical switch unit. The second operating device is electrically connected to the first operating device. The wireless communication unit is electrically connected to the first operating device and the second operating device. The control unit is configured to selectively control the wireless communication unit to establish wireless communication with an operated device in accordance with a control state of the control unit.

Control system for human-powered vehicle

A master communication apparatus comprises a master wired communicator, a master wireless communicator, and a master controller. The master wired communicator is configured to communicate with a slave wired communicator of a slave communication apparatus in the human-powered vehicle via a wired communication channel. The master wireless communicator is configured to communicate with a slave wireless communicator of the slave communication apparatus via a wireless communication channel. The master controller is configured to transmit, via one of the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator, a control signal to control a component of the human-powered vehicle. The master controller is configured to control the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator in accordance with a priority order. The master controller is configured to set the priority order in accordance with information relating to the master communication apparatus and the slave communication apparatus.

Master communication apparatus, slave communication apparatus, and wireless communication apparatus

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The first substrate is provided to one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is provided to the one of the base member and the operating member. The second substrate is separate from the first substrate.

An electrical switch device includes an electrical switch unit, a wireless communicator, a power source, an electrical cable, and a connecting part. The electrical switch unit is at least partly disposed outside of a handlebar. The wireless communicator is inserted to an internal space of the handlebar. The power source and the wireless communicator are separated away from the electrical switch unit and arranged at different positions from the electrical switch unit. The electrical cable is configured to electrically connect the electrical switch unit to the wireless communicator and the power supply. The connecting part is electrically connected to the electrical cable. The connecting part is configured to electrically and detachably connect the electrical switch unit to the wireless communicator and the power supply.

Operating system and electrical switch device for human-powered vehicle

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, a first electrical switch, a second electrical switch, and a third electrical switch. The base member is configured to be coupled to a handlebar of the human-powered vehicle. The first electrical switch is configured to receive a first user input indicating upshifting of a first gear changing device. The second electrical switch is configured to receive a second user input indicating downshifting of the first gear changing device. The third electrical switch is configured to alternately receive a third user input and a third additional user input. The third user input indicates upshifting of a second gear changing device. The third additional user input indicates downshifting of the second gear changing device.

Operating device and operating system for human-powered vehicle

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and an electric communication port. The base member extends in a longitudinal direction. The base member includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion in the longitudinal direction. The electric communication port is configured to be electrically connected to a connector of an electric cable. The electric communication port is closer to the second end portion than the first end portion in the longitudinal direction.

A piston assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The piston assembly includes a main body and a primary seal. The main body is configured to be movable from a rest position to an actuated position along an actuation direction in a cylinder bore. The primary seal includes a primary seal body arranged on the main body. The primary seal body is made of a resin material. The primary seal body has a primary lip portion configured to be in contact with the cylinder bore in an arranged state where the piston assembly is arranged in the cylinder bore. The primary seal further includes a biasing part configured to be in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the main body to outwardly bias the primary lip portion of the primary seal body in the arranged state.

Piston assembly for human-powered vehicle

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, an accommodating structure, and a second electric power source. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The accommodating structure is configured to accommodate a first electric power source. The second electric power source is electrically connected so as to supply electricity to a wireless communicator. The second electric power source is separate from the first electric power source.

An operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The operating device basically includes a base, a first operating member, a first electric switch, a first load generator and an operating load adjuster. The first operating member is movably arranged with respect to the base. The first electric switch is provided to the base and arranged to be activated by movement of the first operating member. The first load generator is configured to generate an operating load applied to the first operating member. The operating load adjuster is configured to adjust a transition of the operating load from a first load transition to a second load transition different from the first load transition.

Operating device

A piston assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The piston assembly includes a main body, a primary seal and a secondary seal. The main body is configured to be movable from a rest position to an actuated position along an actuation direction in a cylinder bore. The primary seal includes a primary seal body arranged on the main body, the primary seal body being made of the first seal material. The secondary seal includes a secondary seal body arranged on the main body at upstream of the primary seal with respect to the actuation direction. The secondary seal body is made of a second seal material that is more elastic than the first seal material.

An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member extends in a longitudinal direction. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an accommodating structure. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion in the longitudinal direction. The accommodating structure is provided to the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The accommodating structure is disposed at a location which is the farthest from the first end portion in the second end portion along the longitudinal direction as viewed along the pivot axis. The accommodating structure includes an accommodating part configured to accommodate at least one of a power supply and circuitry.

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Sakai, Japan

Yasuyuki Komada