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What's the adjective for a connector that fits in a "'shrouded" connector?
DavideAndrea:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on September 30, 2023, 04:35:53 pm ---guzinta, something that that goes into
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Wait, is that a joke? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gazinta "(humorous) Pronunciation spelling of goes into."
DavidAlfa:
Flange mount connector.
vk6zgo:
Just do what others do.
Specify a brand & model number & let your customers tear their hair out down the track when they need to find one!
EPAIII:
What you show in the right photo are what I would call panel mounts or shells. Some manufacturers also call them wall mounts or housings. The part inside the panel mount or shell or housing is an insert or barrel. And the insert or barrel holds male and/or female pins or contacts.
The parts you show in the left photo are cable mounts. They are for the cables or cords that mate with the panel mounted connectors. Again, inside the outer shells, which usually include the means of securing the connection (threaded or bayonet ring or friction fit), is a insert or barrel. And inside the insert or barrel are the male and/or female pins or contacts.
The inserts or barrels are most often, but not always made as part of the outer housing.
Each of these components can come in male and female varieties. So the pins can be male and female. The inserts or barrels can be male or female. And the outer shells can be either male or female. All combinations of the above are possible and can lead to confusion over what gender the overall connector actually is.
Oh, and the locking ring can be on either the panel or the cable connector. Most of the time it is on the cable, but I have seen and worked with some on a panel mount. Of course, then the cable connector does not have a locking ring. BNC connectors come in all variations. XLR connectors have a push-button lock which can be on either the cable or the panel mounted connector also.
If you look at the literature of different manufacturers you will see that different names are used. There is no universal standard nomenclature. I have struggled with this situation myself.
One author to another, if you can't decide, throw darts to pick the terms you will use and move forward with the publishing process. Don't let this stop it.
--- Quote from: DavideAndrea on September 30, 2023, 02:48:01 pm ---For the last few years, I have been searching for an adjective that describes all connectors that fit inside a shrouded connector. I have not found a satisfactory one. I am about to go to press with a publication, which, until now, has a dummy placeholder for that adjective. I am desperate to replace that placeholder with an industry term.
To be clear, I am _not_ asking about the gender of the contacts:
* male
* female
* hermaphrodite
* genderless
I am asking about the gender of the housing:
* with walls
* fits inside a walled connector <-- this one
* no walls
* self-mating
To show how difficult this has been for me, here are some attempts and suggestions I received over the years:
| Shrouded mate | The other mate | Notes |
| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| Pocket | Boss | Mechanical terms |
| Mortise | Tenon | Carpentry terms |
| Shrouded | Harbored | My latest attempt |
| Shrouded | Enshrouded | The placeholder |
| Shrouding | Shrouded | Logical, but against present norms |
| Wrap | Jut | My first attempt |
| Female housing | Male housing | A German manufacturer |
| Cap | Receptacle | Molex, in a few cases |
| Receptacle | Plug | Also Molex, in other cases (*) |
| Socket | Plug | AC power connectors in some countries (*) |
(Sorry, I can't manage to format a table in this forum)
(*) Goes against IEEE definition of "plug".
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Infraviolet:
I you're describing it as documentation for a specific system you'd probably describe it as "cable side" or something like that, rather than trying to describe its shape.
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