What it is
The Molex 0464369313 is the 18-position right-angle member of the EXTreme Ten60Power 46436 series — a hybrid power+signal board-level receptacle with three dedicated power circuits and fifteen signal circuits, all populated. Gold-over-nickel contact plating at 30.0 µin (0.76 µm) covers the mating interface. Termination is press-fit through-hole, which seats the tail in the plated via without solder and suits a backplane or bus-bar board assembly where wave or reflow is a constraint. The housing is UL94 V-0 rated black polymer; operating range is -40°C to 105°C.
What the ratings mean
60 A is the per-power-circuit rating — that is the blade-socket power circuits, not the signal contacts, which carry lower current by design. The voltage envelope of 600VAC and 250VDC is wide enough for AC power-distribution backplanes and DC bus architectures simultaneously, which is the primary reason this series appears in industrial automation and power-conversion equipment rather than pure signal chains. The 30.0 µin gold flash thickness on the mating interface is a durability plating — it supports extended mating cycle life and maintains low contact resistance across reconnections in a way that tin plating does not. Operating temperature of -40°C to 105°C brackets most factory-floor and cabinet environments; the upper limit is driven by the housing polymer and the current-mediated temperature rise in the power circuits at full load.
Board-fit and termination
Press-fit termination means the contact tail seats into a compliant pin hole and holds by interference — no solder fill, faster board assembly in high-volume backplane builds. The right-angle orientation sets the mating face perpendicular to the board plane, which controls the connector's depth into the enclosure and suits a horizontal cable or daughter-card entry. Board guide and mating guide features provide physical alignment before the housings engage, reducing the risk of contact damage on first mate in the field or during blind mating in a crowded rack. The typical contact layout of 15 signal plus 3 power means the power blades are embedded within the same housing — the designer must confirm the cable or backplane harness routes power and signal through separate conductors in the same connector footprint, not through separate connectors, which affects the BOM line count.
Where this class is used
The EXTreme Ten60Power series sits in board-to-wire and board-to-board power interconnect roles — specifically where a single housing carries both power delivery and signal or control circuits on the same backplane. Typical applications include industrial automation controllers, power-conversion equipment, and motor drives where the board-level connector must consolidate what would otherwise require separate power and signal headers. The hybrid layout reduces board real-estate and simplifies the harness side to one mating half rather than two discrete connectors.