Products in this family are ancillary to or supportive of other interconnect products described as heavy duty connectors and include various adapters, blanking plugs, cable clamps or glands, coding pins, covers, gaskets, guide bushings and pins, locking latches, and others. In this context, "heavy duty" refers to a relatively specific range of interconnect products that are typically of rectangular format and characterized by features such as cast metal backshells, guide pins, and pin-and-latch retention mechanisms.
