Dual Port USB Panel Mount with USB-C 100 W and USB 3.0 A

Overview

A dual port USB panel mount puts a Type-C port and a Type-A port behind one aperture. That matters on vehicle and vessel consoles, where panel space is scarce and a second hole means a second sealing joint to fail. Both ports share one flange, one gasket and one locknut, so the installer drills once and the console keeps its weather seal. On the inside, both ports leave as a single molded tail that goes to a charger module or to the equipment supply.

Putting high-power charging and 10 Gbps data in the same housing is convenient, and it brings two problems that a single-port part does not have: heat, and wiring.

Key Specifications

One aperture, two services: what you save and what you take on

The trade is real but it usually favors the dual housing on a console, because panel real estate and watertight joints are both scarcer than watts. On a machine operator station with room to spare, two separate ports are easier to replace.

100 W in a small housing: plan the heat and the wiring

Power delivery at the top of the range is a thermal question before it is an electrical one. Conversion losses in the charger module and resistance in the contacts both end up as heat inside a small sealed housing, and heat shortens the life of everything nearby.

Power delivery is negotiated between the charger, the cable and the device, so a 100 W figure describes a system rather than a connector. A source that does not offer the profile will not deliver it regardless of what is fitted in the panel, and a 100 W port fed by an undersized supply will deliver whatever the supply can manage.

Shielding and the inside wiring

Both ports are braid and foil screened with the drain taken to the shell rather than left floating, which matters more here than on a slow charging port: 10 Gbps data and a high-current power path share the same housing, and the power path is the noisy neighbor. USB data rates are negotiated end to end, and a poorly bonded screen is a common cause of a link that drops to a lower rate instead of failing outright.

Getting the panel right

Cut-out diameter, panel thickness window and the fixing method are the three numbers to settle before the console is cut, and they are exactly the numbers competitor listings leave out. Comparable parts use either a threaded body with a locknut or a clip-in bezel. For any installation that vibrates, take the threaded version and torque the nut to the supplier figure by hand rather than with a driver. Seat the gasket flat on the panel face: a gasket twisted during assembly will leak even when the nut feels tight, and the leak usually only shows up at the next washdown.

Where this dual port USB panel mount gets installed

• Recreational vehicle and campervan conversions where panel space is limited
• Marine consoles and cabin panels
• Machine operator stations and control desks
• Construction and agricultural vehicle cab refits
• Service vehicle fit-outs that need charging and data at the same point

Options and what is not yet confirmed

Voltage display versions and different bezel styles are offered on comparable products, and we can supply those where the supplier range covers them. Data rate, power delivery, shielding construction, jacket material, tail lengths and the ingress rating for this range all come from published competitor data and are design targets until the supplier datasheet is on file, and each one carries a corresponding item on our confirmation list.

How to specify your build

1. Cut-out and panel thickness off your console drawing.
2. Fixing – threaded body with a locknut, or a clip-in bezel.
3. Tail length and termination – what it plugs into inside the console.
4. Power requirement – the profile you need to negotiate, and the supply behind it.
5. Data requirement – 10 Gbps on the Type-C side, and whether both ports load at once.
6. Cap and gasket for the environment the console lives in.
7. Quantity, and whether this is a prototype or a production order.

Workmanship and testing

ISO 9001 covers the system and IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 covers the work on Dual Port USB Panel builds, across 32 to 12 AWG. No Dual unit is packed until 100% continuity and pinout check out, and seal checking is quoted whenever an ingress rating is on the drawing.

Every production run can ship with RoHS and REACH declarations and the electrical report agreed at quotation; see certifications and material declarations. UL styles and other named approvals are built to drawing: we source to the style you specify and document it, rather than asserting a listing we do not hold. Termination, molding and verification happen in-house see cable assembly and wire harness production so the process that made your sample is the process that runs the order. The wider context is covered under the free DFM review that comes with the quote. Tooling is quoted separately, cut in-house rather than brokered out, and owned by you.

Custom builds and ordering

Dual Port USB Panel lots run from 1 to 50 pcs, out in 3 working days; volume starts at MOQ 500 pcs shipping 14 working days after approval. Tooling not already held adds around 10 working days. Dual orders go out under your part number and labeling, OEM or ODM, and material certificates with first-article reports are available.

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Full ranges: panel mount cable and automotive cable and wire harness.

Frequently Asked Questions