Blind-Mating Mobile Charging Connectors

TE Connectivity (TE)’s blind-mating mobile charging connectors are intended for smaller mobile robots and autonomous vehicles typically used in warehouse environments. Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) are currently used mostly for material handling (picking, movement, storage, and sorting) in the warehouse automation space. The charging connectors are available in two and three power-contact options with up to eight signal contacts to ease installation and rework cycle times.

Features

• Robust design for high-cycle life
• Designed for a minimum of 12,000 mating cycles
• Low insertion force power contacts
• Spring-probe signal contacts
• Blind-mate capability
• Allows for the misalignment of at least ±15 mm for the x-direction and ±10 mm for the y-direction and approximately 5 degrees for z-direction (mating)
• Connection flexibility
• Two and three power contact options
• Up to 50 A and up to 125 V
• Up to 40 A per line at up to 100 V
• Terminates to 10 AWG or 8 AWG stranded copper wire
• First make/last break (FMLB) contact for use in grounding, system enabling, or applications that require charging two battery strings independently
• Touch-safe contacts for extra safety if rework is needed
• Up to eight signal contacts
• Up to 0.5 A per line
• Terminates to 22 AWG to 30 AWG stranded wire
• Rear-pluggable interface to ease installation and rework cycle times
• Spring probe contacts for high-cycle life
• Utilizes mini universal MATE-N-LOK II connector interface for signal contact mating

Benefits

• High-mating-cycle life
• Modular solution supports different configurations, data, and sensing
• First make/last break power contact (3P only)
• Floating panel-mount design maximizes misalignment tolerance capability
• UL recognized to UL 1977