Abstract: An electrical switch device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an electrical switch unit and a connecting part. The electrical switch unit is configured to generate a signal in response to a user input. The connecting part is provided on the electrical switch unit so as to electrically connect an additional electrical switch device to the electrical switch device. The electrical switch device is configured to selectively transmit the signal from the electrical switch unit and an additional signal from the additional electrical switch device to an operating device configured to operate the electric component.

Abstract: An operating device includes a base member, an operating member, a first connecting part, a second connecting part and an additional component. The base member is mounted on a human-powered vehicle; an operating member provided to the base member. The first connecting part is provided to one of the base member and the operating member in a manner connectable to a power transmitting medium. The second connecting part is provided to the base member in a manner connectable to the power transmitting medium. The additional component is provided to at least one of the base member and the operating member.

Abstract: An operating device is basically provided with a base member, an operating member and a handlebar fixing structure. The base member includes a support abutment having a contact surface that is arranged to contact an outer surface of a handlebar while the operating device is in an installed state. The contact surface defines an abutment circle about an abutment axis. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The handlebar fixing structure is provided on the base member. The handlebar fixing structure has a fixing surface. The fixing surface defines a fixing circle about a fixing axis offset from the abutment axis.

Abstract: A hydraulic operating apparatus for a small vehicle, including a bicycle, comprises a housing, a piston, a mounting assembly, a lever, and a fluid reservoir tank. The housing includes a cylinder bore extending along a cylinder axis. The piston is movably disposed within the cylinder bore. The mounting assembly is configured to mount the housing to a handlebar of the small vehicle. The mounting assembly defines a handlebar mounting axis that is not perpendicular to the cylinder axis in a mounted state where the housing is mounted to the handlebar. The lever is pivotally mounted to the housing and configured to move the piston within the cylinder bore in response to a movement of the lever. The fluid reservoir tank has a lid opening. The lid opening is configured to face a center plane that passes through a geometric center of the handlebar and that is perpendicular to the handlebar mounting axis, in the mounted state.

Abstract: A bicycle disc brake caliper comprises a caliper body. The caliper body includes a slot in which a brake pad is arranged. The caliper body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a mounting surface, a first receiving hole, a cylinder bore, and a second cylinder bore. The second body portion is coupled to the first body portion so as to provide a slot therebetween. The mounting surface is configured to face a pipe portion of a bicycle body in a mounted state where the bicycle disc brake caliper is mounted to the bicycle body. The first receiving hole is provided on the mounting surface. The first receiving hole is configured to be threadedly engaged with a fastener to mount the bicycle disc brake caliper to the bicycle body. The first cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion. The second cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion.

Abstract: A hydraulic operating apparatus for a small vehicle, including a bicycle, comprises a housing, a piston, a mounting assembly, a lever, and a fluid reservoir tank. The housing includes a cylinder bore extending along a cylinder axis. The piston is movably disposed within the cylinder bore. The mounting assembly is configured to mount the housing to a handlebar of the small vehicle. The mounting assembly defines a handlebar mounting axis that is not perpendicular to the cylinder axis in a mounted state where the housing is mounted to the handlebar. The lever is pivotally mounted to the housing and configured to move the piston within the cylinder bore in response to a movement of the lever. The fluid reservoir tank has a lid opening. The lid opening is configured to face a center plane that passes through a geometric center of the handlebar and that is perpendicular to the handlebar mounting axis, in the mounted state.

Abstract: A hydraulic operating device for a small vehicle including a bicycle comprises a base member, a mounting structure, an operating member, and a piston. The base member includes a cylinder bore having a cylinder axis. The mounting structure defines a mounting axis linearly extending along the handlebar in a mounting state where the base member is mounted on a handlebar with the mounting structure. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a first pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The cylinder axis is non-perpendicular to the mounting axis as viewed along the first pivot axis in the mounting state. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The piston is coupled to the operating member to be pulled in response to a pivotal movement of the operating member from the rest position to the operated position.

Abstract: A bicycle disc brake caliper comprises a caliper body. The caliper body includes a slot in which a brake pad is arranged. The caliper body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a mounting surface, a first receiving hole, a cylinder bore, and a second cylinder bore. The second body portion is coupled to the first body portion so as to provide a slot therebetween. The mounting surface is configured to face a pipe portion of a bicycle body in a mounted state where the bicycle disc brake caliper is mounted to the bicycle body. The first receiving hole is provided on the mounting surface. The first receiving hole is configured to be threadedly engaged with a fastener to mount the bicycle disc brake caliper to the bicycle body. The first cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion. The second cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion.

Abstract: A bicycle suspension tube comprises a tubular body, a wheel attachment part, and a caliper attachment part. The wheel attachment part is provided on the tubular body. The wheel attachment part includes an attachment hole having a rotational center axis. The caliper attachment part is provided on the tubular body. The caliper attachment part includes a first through hole having a first longitudinal axis non-parallel to the rotational center axis.

Abstract: A bicycle disc brake caliper comprises a caliper body. The caliper body includes a slot in which a brake pad is arranged. The caliper body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a mounting surface, a first receiving hole, a cylinder bore, and a second cylinder bore. The second body portion is coupled to the first body portion so as to provide a slot therebetween. The mounting surface is configured to face a pipe portion of a bicycle body in a mounted state where the bicycle disc brake caliper is mounted to the bicycle body. The first receiving hole is provided on the mounting surface. The first receiving hole is configured to be threadedly engaged with a fastener to mount the bicycle disc brake caliper to the bicycle body. The first cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion. The second cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion.

Abstract: An (oxy)nitride phosphor powder has a fluorescence peak wavelength of 610 to 625 nm and also has higher external quantum efficiency than the conventional one. The (oxy)nitride phosphor powder includes an ?-type SiAlON and aluminum nitride, represented by the compositional formula: Cax1Eux2Si12?(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16?z wherein x1, x2, y, z fulfill the following formulae: 1.60?x1+x2?2.90, 0.18?x2/x1?0.70, 4.0?y?6.5, 0.0?z?1.0. The powder can additionally contain Li in an amount of 50 to 10000 ppm. The content of the aluminum nitride may be more than 0 mass % to less than 33 mass %.

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor powder is an ?-SiAlON phosphor having a dominant wavelength of 565-577 nm and fluorescence intensity and external quantum efficiency that are high enough for practical use. The oxynitride phosphor powder comprises an ?-SiAlON represented by the compositional formula: Cax1Eux2Ybx3Si12?(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16?z (wherein 0.0<x1?2.0, 0.0000<x2?0.0100, 0.0000<x3?0.0100, 0.4?x2/x3?1.4, 1.0?y?4.0, 0.5?z?2.0).

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor powder contains ?-SiAlON and aluminum nitride, obtained by mixing a silicon source, an aluminum source, a calcium source, and a europium source to produce a composition represented by a compositional formula: Cax1Eux2Si12?(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16?z (wherein x1, x2, y and z are 0<x1?3.40, 0.05?x2?0.20, 4.0?y?7.0, and 0?z?1), and firing the mixture.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion member including a polycrystalline ceramics includes mixing a substance serving as a silicon source, a substance serving as an aluminum source, a substance serving as a calcium source, and a substance serving as a europium source; firing the obtained mixture to obtain an oxynitride phosphor powder; then sintering the oxynitride phosphor powder in an inert atmosphere to obtain the polycrystalline ceramics, characterized in that the sintered oxynitride phosphor powder has a composition (excluding oxygen) represented by the Formula: Cax1Eux2Si12-(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16-z (in the Formula, x1, x2, y, and z are values such that 0<x1?3.40, 0.05?x2?0.20, 3.5?y?7.0, 0?z?1).

Abstract: A hydraulic operating device includes a base member, a hydraulic cylinder provided on the base member and having a bore, a piston located in the bore to move between an initial position and an actuated position, a lever pivotally coupled to the base member around a lever axis for pivotal movement between a rest position and an operated position and including a contact portion, and a connecting member configured to connect the lever to the piston such that the piston is pulled from the initial position to the actuated position in response to the pivotal movement of the lever from the rest position to the operated position. The connecting member has a first end portion coupled to the piston and a second end portion configured to displaceably contact with the contact portion of the lever.

Abstract: An Li-containing ?-sialon-based phosphor represented by the formula (1): LixEuySi12?(m+n)Al(m+n)On+?N16?n?? (wherein assuming that average valence of Eu is a, x+ya+?=m; 0.45?x<1.2, 0.001?y?0.2, 0.9?m?2.5, 0.5?n?2.4, and ?>0).

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor powder includes an ?-sialon fluorescent body having a fluorescent peak wavelength of 605-615 nm, and the external quantum efficiency of the oxynitride phosphor powder is greater than the conventional art. The oxynitride phosphor powder includes an ?-sialon represented by the formula Cax1Eux2Si12-(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16-z (where x1, x2, y, and z satisfy the expressions 1.10?x1+x2?1.70, 0.18?x2/x1?0.47, and 2.6?y?3.6, 0.0?z?1.0).

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor power has a fluorescence peak wavelength of 580 to 605 nm, the oxynitride phosphor having a higher external quantum efficiency than ever before. The oxynitride phosphor powder is an oxynitride phosphor powder containing ?-SiAlON and aluminum nitride, represented by composition formula: Cax1Eux2Si12?(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16?z wherein x1, x2, y and z are 0<x1?2.50, 0.01?x2?0.20, 0<y?2.3 and 1.5?z?3.5, or x1, x2, y and z are 0<x1?2.70, 0.05?x2?0.20, 2.3?y?5.5 and 1?z?2.5.

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor powder is an ?-SiAlON phosphor having a dominant wavelength of 565-577 nm and fluorescence intensity and external quantum efficiency that are high enough for practical use. The oxynitride phosphor powder comprises an ?-SiAlON represented by the compositional formula: Cax1Eux2Ybx3Si12-(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16-z (wherein 0.0<x1?2.0, 0.0000<x2?0.0100, 0.0000<x3?0.0100, 0.4?x2/x3?1.4, 1.0?y?4.0, 0.5?z?2.0).

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor powder has a fluorescence peak wavelength of 610 to 625 nm and also has higher external quantum efficiency than the conventional one. The oxynitride phosphor powder includes an ?-type SiAlON and aluminum nitride, represented by the compositional formula: Cax1Eux2Si12?(y+z)Al(y+z)OzN16?z wherein x1, x2, y, z fulfill the following formulae: 1.60?x1+x2?2.90, 0.18?x2/x1?0.70, 4.0?y?6.5, 0.0?z?1.0. The powder can additionally contain Li in an amount of 50 to 10000 ppm. The content of the aluminum nitride may be more than 0 mass % to less than 33 mass %.