Deutsch Autosport AS 16-Way Plug — Pin (Male) — Green Key (D)
The Deutsch Autosport AS 16-Way Plug Pin (Male) Connector with Green (D) Keying Insert — SKU: AS620-16SD is a professional MIL-spec-grade Deutsch Autosport AS series connector for medium-complexity ECU sub-harness connectors, auxiliary PDM circuit interfaces, and multi-circuit sensor harness separable joins in race cars and high-performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. As a plug connector, the 16-way AS is a cable-mounted plug half widely used for ECU sensor sub-loom joins, PDM auxiliary circuit bundle separable points, and multi-circuit sensor harness removable interfaces in race cars across Scandinavia.
Deutsch Autosport AS 16-Way — Series Design and Circuit Application
The Deutsch Autosport AS series is the professional standard circular connector format for motorsport wiring — featuring an aluminium alloy shell machined to MIL-spec tolerances, gold-plated contact interfaces for consistent low-resistance electrical performance across the connector’s service life, and a positive push-pull locking mechanism that holds secure under sustained race vibration and rapid connector cycling at service intervals. The 16-way AS provides a practical step up from the 12-way — used for ECU sensor sub-loom joins, PDM auxiliary circuit interfaces, and multi-circuit sensor harness separable points where the 12-way is insufficient but the larger 19 or 22-way would be over-specified.
Pin (Male) — 16-Circuit Contact Array
This listing is the pin half of the 16-way AS plug pair. Sixteen gold-plated pin contacts transfer sixteen individual circuits simultaneously — each contact making precision engagement with its corresponding socket terminal when the positive-lock is engaged. The corresponding socket half of the same circuit count and key colour is required to complete the mated connector pair — both halves must be ordered to form a functional separable join. AS contacts are ordered separately; select the correct contact part number for your wire gauge and current requirements.
Green Key (D) — Keying Position and Mis-Mate Prevention
Green D completes the four-key set at a plug separation point carrying four parallel 16-circuit bundles. When a harness includes multiple 16-circuit AS plug connectors at the same separation point — for example, where two parallel 16-circuit cable bundles each have their own plug connector mating into a fixed receptacle panel — keying ensures each plug can only connect to its own correct receptacle, preventing cross-connection during harness assembly and race event connector operations. With all four keys assigned (Yellow A, Blue B, Orange C, Green D), four physically identical 16-circuit AS plug connectors can operate at the same separation point with complete mis-mate prevention under all conditions — the maximum keying complexity available in the Deutsch AS system.
Plug Configuration — The Movable, Cable-Mounted Connector Half
The AS plug configuration is a free, cable-mounted connector half — it does not mount to a panel or chassis surface. Instead, the plug is the movable, harness-side half that disconnects from a fixed receptacle (either a flange-mounted panel connector or a corresponding inline half) to allow component removal, harness separation, and servicing. The plug carries the cable bundle from the removable component or sub-harness and mates into the fixed chassis-side or loom-side receptacle when the system is assembled.
The 16-way AS plug is used for ECU sensor sub-loom and PDM auxiliary circuit removable separable joins in race cars and performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The plug format is specified wherever one connector half must be freely movable — for example, at engine removal points where the engine-side harness plug disconnects from the chassis-side flange, at removable dashboard assemblies where the instrument harness plug mates into a fixed bulkhead connector, and at any harness separation point where the plug side follows a removable component when it is extracted from the vehicle.
Unlike flange or inline connectors that create a two-sided free connection, the AS plug is always the movable half in a plug-to-receptacle pair — providing the connector architecture needed for clean, repeatable component removal and installation across the race service life of the vehicle.
Technical Specifications
- Series: Deutsch Autosport AS
- Circuits: 16-way
- Configuration: Plug
- Contact type: Pin (Male)
- Key colour: Green (Key D)
- Shell material: Aluminium alloy
- Operating temperature: -65°C to +175°C
- Locking: Push-pull positive lock
- Typical application: Fourth connector at a separation point using the full four-key set — the most complex keying arrangement in the deutsch as system
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