Molex Mini50 Connection Systems delivers 50% space savings over traditional USCAR 0.64mm connectors with sealed or unsealed Mini50 single- and dual-row receptacles, with smaller terminals to fit more low-current electrical circuits in interior transportation-vehicle environments. The Mini50 sealed and unsealed wire-to-board receptacles allow device manufacturers to package circuits in tighter spaces by utilizing smaller pin, terminal, and wire sizes while reducing costs. The Mini50 unsealed connectors are the industry’s only interface that meets USCAR 050 standards. The integration of multiple devices in today’s transportation industry creates the need for harnesses with reduced weight, space, and cost. Molex’s Mini50 harnesses provide reliable performance in a limited space, making them ideal for applications within infotainment, lighting, and HVAC systems.
Molex Molex Mini50 Connection Systems
Features
- Board alignment and retention features
- Simplify header PCB placement and retain header to PCB during soldering operations
- Protect adhesive joints during connector mating and unmating
- Connector Position Assurance (CPA) latch optional
- Prevents accidental un-mating
- CTX50 terminal wire grip design (0.13 to 0.35mm²)
- Offers harness manufacturers’ the ability to reduce wire gauge sizes while maintaining retention strength
- Provides weight and space
- Female terminal wire grips for wires 0.35mm² and smaller
- Wire-size reduction: weight, space, and cost savings versus 0.64mm interfaces
- High-performing sealed receptacle using matte-seal design
- Ideal for sealed applications where IPX8 rating is required
- High-temperature thermoplastic housings
- Withstand Infrared (IR) and wave lead-free solder processing per ES-40000-5013 Molex specification, maximum temperature +260°C
- Independent Secondary Lock (ISL) terminal-retention feature
- Molded into the receptacle housing as one piece for applied cost savings
- Orientation features are molded into the header
- Either vertical or right-angle orientations are possible, providing wire-routing and module-design flexibility
- Retain the header to the PCB during the soldering process
- Reduced package sizes
- Approximately 50% smaller than USCAR 0.64mm unsealed interfaces
- Sealed, round shape design
- Allows for through-hole harness routing
- The Mini50 Unsealed Connector is the industry’s only interface that meets USCAR 050 standards
- Provides the industry’s only USCAR 050 selected interface
- Various polarization options
- Three discrete mechanical, visual, and colored polarizations
Applications
- Automotive & commercial vehicles
- Cameras / sensors
- Clusters / navigation
- HVAC
- Headliners
- Lighting
- Mirrors
- Power Steering
- Radios / DVD - Entertainment
- Switches
Resources
Video
This TTI Tech Specs video for Molex Mini50 Connectors explains the Mini50 system provides up to 50% space savings over traditional USCAR 0.64 millimeter connectors, minimizing the PCB footprint and enabling greater design flexibility. Headers and receptacles are available in single and dual row configurations with up to 38 positions, with multiple polarization options to ensure proper assembly.
See video transcript below
Video Transcript
In a world full of copycats and clones, it’s rare to be “the only” anything, but Molex has the only selected USCAR 050 interface in the form of their unsealed Mini50 connector system. The Mini50 system provides up to 50% space savings over traditional USCAR 0.64 millimeter connectors, minimizing the PCB footprint and enabling greater design flexibility. Headers and receptacles are available in single, dual and triple row configurations with up to 38 positions, with multiple polarization options to ensure proper assembly.
The CTX50 terminals feature a wire grip design for wire that accommodates 0.13, 0.22, and 0.35 square millimeter wire, maintaining retention strength while allowing for smaller, lighter, and lower cost wires to be used. The connectors have an independent secondary lock to secure the terminal in the housing, and optional connector position assurance latches are available to prevent accidental un-mating.