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I've heard it argued that "Molex" means any extruded-pin connector. Like "Kleenex" means any facial tissue that is meant to be sneezed on. (Both uses are wron
by ssl-3 1y ago
I've heard it argued that "Molex" means any extruded-pin connector.
Like "Kleenex" means any facial tissue that is meant to be sneezed on.
(Both uses are wrong, but both also tend to promote efficient communication.)
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y agoAnd "JST" is used for any small white plastic connector with one side open showing the pins. "DuPont" means "Amphenol Mini-PV" or "Harwin M-20" or any other Mini-PV clone.
- 0_____0 1y agoI work a lot with connectors and I'm not really sure what you mean by extruded pin connectors. Typically the terminals are formed from sheet, unless you're using fancy 38999-style pins, which I believe are machined (and very expensive).
- ssl-3 1y agoI'm not sure what they meant, either. It's just a thing I've heard, verbatim. I think "extruded" in this context comes from CAD terms, wherein: One builds the 2D cross-section of whatever complexity is entailed, and then mashes the "Extrude" button to add a third dimension to the shape. I don't think the term, as-used, has anything at all to do with extrusion as a manufacturing process.
- msla 1y agoAt a certain point, the genericized trademark is the correct term, like how aspirin is the correct term (only term, really) for a specific preparation of acetylsalicylic acid, even though it was a trademark of the Bayer corporation.
- ssl-3 1y agoYeah. The same thing also happened to heroin, which was also a trademark of Bayer. ;)
- hhh 1y agoI’ve seen Molex’s part catalogue, and would expect that almost any connector could be a molex part ;)