What This Drawer Connector Housing Does
The TE Connectivity Metrimate 211758-1 is a drawer-style receptacle housing for female sockets, built as the plug half of a blind-mate power interconnect. It carries 12 power positions across 4 rows on a 0.200" (5.08mm) pitch — the row count and pitch give it the contact density for a multi-circuit power feed in a single drawer slide. The housing is black and mounts to a panel, with a guide pin that aligns the plug into its mating receptacle during insertion, taking the shear off the contacts.
Where You See This Connector
Drawer connectors are the standard interconnect for modular sub-assemblies that slide into a rack or chassis — power supplies, controller modules, battery trays in industrial or telecom gear. The guide pin and panel-mount construction mean this housing is designed for repeated blind-mate cycles where the operator cannot see the connector pair during engagement. The 4-row, 12-position layout suits a moderate-current power bus rather than dense signal lines.
Contacts and Mating Half
The housing mates with the corresponding Metrimate drawer-style pin header (the receptacle's male counterpart). The guide pin is integral to the housing and keys the orientation, so there is no separate alignment hardware to lose.