“Mighty Mouse” Connector

The Series 80 Connector was originally developed as a smaller and lighter alternative to D38999 connectors for military aerospace applications such as Attack Helicopters and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Today, the Series 80 “Mighty Mouse” serves in dozens of safetycritical military, medical, industrial and geo-physical applications. 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 (see charts). Insert arrangements are available for as few as 3 and as many as 85 contacts.

Product Selection Guide

The Series 80 “Mighty Mouse” Connector is supplied in five standard coupling designs:

• 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 80 Tools and Contacts

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 product uses #23 contacts to accept #22 to #28 wire. Contact spacing is .076.” Connector shell wall-thickness and scoop-proofing has been reduced— compared to other high-density connectors such as the D38999—to radically shrink the overall size and weight of the interconnect; all the while maintaining the same approximate electrical and mechanical performance as larger and heavier Military Standard environmental connectors.

Applications

• Instrumentation
• Test Equipment
• Satellites
• Missile Systems
• Avionics
• Sensors
• UAV’s
• Medical Equipment
• Industrial

Amazing Weight & Size Savings

Glenair has qualified thousands of weight saving connectors, backshells, fiber optic components, conduit assemblies and junction-box enclosures to existing and new Mil-Specs. For the Series 80 “Mighty Mouse” Connector however, we followed the D38999 spec as a guideline for benchmarking performance standards, but took a radically different approach from the Mil-Spec when designing the physical envelope of the product. To appreciate the results, please see the weight and dimension tables which are provided for each individual connector type in this catalog. Note the extraordinary delta between the “Mighty Mouse” and the D38999.

Glenair can propose additional size and weight saving technologies for reduced package-size applications—both mil-qualified and COTS. We can, for example, supply an entire interconnect system— connectors, backshells, junction boxes, conduit systems and fittings, EMI shielding and so on—all from weight saving composite thermoplastic materials. Our composite interconnect products are currently in wide use in both military and commercial systems. Glenair is also an innovator in the development of fiber optic systems for use in tactical applications as a weight saving media replacement for copper conductors.

From our composite and fiber optic products to our new Series 80 “Mighty Mouse,” Glenair is ideally positioned to solve your most challenging size or weight reduction requirements. We invite you to select standard catalog products, or to leverage our technical support resources, to develop targeted solutions which address that most difficult of all design requirements: enhancing performance while reducing weight.