Kyocera AVX has expanded its family of standard battery connectors with the launch of the 9155-900 Series vertical-mate battery connectors. These 2.5-mm pitch battery connectors prevent the risk of contact damage with a unique contact geometry. Applications include industrial, automotive, datacom, household appliance, and consumer electronics markets, including handheld and portable industrial and consumer electronics devices.
(Source: Kyocera AVX)
The 9155-900 Series features an “extremely forgiving” sweeping beam contact design and an anti-snag feature that protects the contacts from damage during deflection, as well as when static. The contact geometry enables full vertical engagement when a module, battery pack, mating connector, or PCB is vertically pushed into position. This allows users to mate these connectors from any angle without accidentally damaging the contacts.
This is different from traditional right-angle battery connectors that require users to engage the contacts by inserting the mating module or battery pack at an angle before rotating it into position to prevent contact damage, the company said.
“Traditional right-angle battery connectors with exposed contacts require pluggable modules to be inserted at an angle and then gently rotated into position to prevent contact damage. And while that may seem insignificant, the extra step required to safely and successfully mate traditional battery connectors increases the potential for mismating by half,” said Perrin Hardee, product marketing manager at Kyocera AVX, in a statement.
The gold-plated beryllium copper (BeCu) contacts offer high electrical and mechanical performance for up to 5,000 mating cycles and optional plastic locating bosses and solder tabs maximize the mechanical stability of the connector in high-shock and vibration environments, like automotive applications.
These connectors are rated for 500 VAC or the DC equivalent, with a current rating up to 3 A. The operating temperature range is -40°C to 125°C. Other features include flame-retardant (UL94 V-0) black, glass-filled Nylon 46 insulators, two to six BeCu contacts with either 0.4 µm or 0.8 µm of selective gold-over-nickel plating, and pure tin tails.
The 9155-900 Series connectors are REACH and RoHS-compliant and shipped in tape and reel packaging in quantities of 800 for automated pick and place assembly. The connectors may be purchased via authorized distributors Mouser Electronics, DigiKey, or Farnell.
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