Glenair Series 800 "Mighty Mouse"
The Series 80 Mighty Mouse connector is designed for high-reliability aerospace/defense interconnect applications requiring robust environmental performance and reduced size and weight. The Series 80 Mighty Mouse connector offers virtually equal performance to MIL-DTL-38999 interconnects with up to 71% weight and 52% size savings for similar contact layouts.
The Series 80 Connector was originally developed as a smaller and lighter alternative to D38999 connectors for aerospace applications such as attack helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. Today, the Series 80 Mighty Mouse serves in thousands of safety-critical defense, medical, industrial and geo-physical applications.
The Series 80 Mighty Mouse connector is supplied in six standard designs, including Glenair’s most recent addition of Series 806 mil-aero micro-miniature connectors. These next-generation high-density connectors are half the size and weight of MIL-DTL-38999 Series III connectors while still meeting stringent requirements for harsh vibration, shock and environmental settings. The numerous design enhancements of this series include durable mechanical insert retention, radial seals and triple-ripple grommet seals. In addition, the connectors’ reduced thread pitch and re-engineered ratchet prevent decoupling issues, particularly in small shell sizes.
- Series 800 Light Duty
UN Thread - Series 801 Heavy Duty Double-Start
- Series 802 “Aqua Mouse” Harsh Environmental
- Series 803 Bayonet
- Series 804 Quick-Disconnect
- Series 805 Triple-Start
- Series 806 Micro-Miniature (NEW!)
- Mighty Mouse Filter Connectors
- Series 80 Mighty Mouse tools and accessories and Series 80 Mighty Mouse backshells and accessories.
All the connectors in the Series 80 family are available with rear-release crimp contacts or with PC tail or solder cup terminations. Shell styles, including in-line plugs, square-flange and jam-nut receptacles are available for all types. Integrated banding platforms for EMI shield termination or rear-end threads for backshell accessories are also standard throughout the line.
The Mighty Mouse features #23 contacts to accept #22 to #28 wire. Contact spacing is .076.” Size #12, #16 and #20 layouts are now available for higher current requirements and for coaxial and fiber optic contact accommodation. The smaller and lighter Mighty Mouse maintains the same approximate electrical and mechanical performance as larger and heavier Military Standard environmental connectors.
Insert arrangements are available for as few as 1 and as many as 130 contacts.
Series 806 Micro-Miniature Spotlight
Reducing the Size and Weight of Electrical Wire Interconnect Systems
Series 806 offers significant size and weight savings while meeting key performance benchmarks for a broad range of applications such as commercial and military aerospace, industrial robotics, transportation systems and more. Designed for general use in harsh vibration, shock and environmental settings — as well as high-altitude, unpressurized aircraft zones with aggressive voltage ratings and altitude immersion standards — the Series 806 Mil-Aero features numerous mechanical design innovations including durable mechanical insert retention, radial seals and triple-ripple grommet seals. Its reduced thread pitch and re-engineered ratchet prevent decoupling problems, particularly in small shell sizes, solving one of the major problems of shell size 9 and 11 MIL-DTL-38999 Series III connectors.
- Next-generation small form factor aerospace-grade circular connector IAW D38999
- Designed for general use in harsh application environments such as aircraft, industrial robotics and more
- Upgraded environmental, electrical and mechanical performance
- Integrated anti-decoupling technology
- Higher density 20HD and 22HD contact arrangements
- Glass hermetic, lightweight aluminum hermetic, high-temperature, fiber optic, and filtered versions
- High-Speed configurations with El Ochito octaxial contacts. Available turnkey factory terminated pigtail and jumper assemblies
The Series 806 Mil-Aero is an aerospace-grade micro miniature circular connector with triple-start threaded coupling. The 806 connector is smaller and lighter than conventional aerospace connectors. Featuring size 22HD, 20HD contacts plus size 8 power and high speed El Ochito®, quadrax, and fiber optic options. The Series 806 offers up to twice the number of contacts with no reduction in performance than MIL-DTL-38999 Series III. In fact, independent laboratory testing has demonstrated that the Series 806 meets, and in many cases exceeds, the requirements of MIL-DTL-38999.
But there is more to the 806 than just size and weight reduction. This flight-proven high-performance connector has many innovative features that meet the most aggressive requirements of the military/aerospace industry, including better resistance to vibration-induced decoupling. This is accomplished by re-engineering the ratchet mechanism and introducing a shallower mating thread ramp angle than is available in D38999.
Glenair pioneered integral shield banding platforms to allow direct attachment of cable shields, boots and overmolds. This innovation continues with the 806 — Glenair’s first connector to exclusively use the ultra lightweight Nano shield termination band for maximum size and weight reduction.
Another enhancement is a “top hat” insulator with raised bosses for foolproof alignment of insulator cavities and retention clips as well as higher voltage ratings.
The Series 806 Mil-Aero connector features an O-ring radial interface sealing design instead of a flat gasket. This allows for easier metal-to-metal coupling, improved sealing, and better EMI performance. The MIL-DTL-38999 Series III and other legacy aerospace circular connectors have a flat gasket inside the receptacle shell. This peripheral seal must be compressed sufficiently to allow full metal-tometal connector bottoming. In certain tolerance conditions this seal can make it difficult to fully mate the connectors “without the use of tools” as is required by MIL-DTL-38999.
Applications
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