Cinch Microminiature™ connectors are designed for applications that require a rugged, durable, and high-performance interconnect. Microminiature is the ideal connector for applications where weight and space must be kept to a minimum while maintaining maximum reliability. Miniaturized airborne electronics and data processing equipment, where shorter signal paths are needed, represent typical applications for these unique connectors.

The heart of the Microminiature system is the Microminiature pin contact. The Cinch Microminiature pin contact is made from a precision miniature spring cable with a welded tip. The expanded cable provides seven spring members peripherally around the pin so that contact is maintained with the mating socket wall no matter what radial forces are applied. This spring may be flexed many times without any evidence of metal fatigue. Reliable mating is further ensured by protecting the pin contact in a tightly toleranced recessed cavity.

Cinch's family of Microminiature connectors includes MIL-C-83513 Series connectors along with our own commercial equivalents. The commercial Microminiature product line offers an expanded range of termination and hardware options for all-plastic and metal shell wire versions and right-angle and straight PC board mount "terminal blocks". Cinch also packages the Microminiature contact in a very low profile plastic strip connector on .050" centers and in a line of high-density microminiature edge (Microedge) board connectors that meet the requirements of MIL-C-55302. Cinch has created a line of plastic and metal shell Microminiature connector savers for very high mating cycle applications such as test equipment.