Connector and connector device

A connector configured to be connected to a mating connector including a mating terminal, the connector comprising:

• a housing;
• an outer shield fixed to the housing, the outer shield including a tubular portion having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end and the second end of the tubular portion opening, the tubular portion surrounding a hollow space;
• and
• a terminal held by the housing and surrounded by the tubular portion of the outer shield, the terminal being configured to be electrically connected to the mating terminal of the mating connector, wherein
• the connector is configured to be connected to the mating connector by moving toward the mating connector in a predetermined direction relatively with respect to the mating connector,
• the first end of the tubular portion of the outer shield is located in the predetermined direction in the tubular portion,
• the tubular portion of the outer shield has:
• an inner facing the hollow space;
• an outer opposite to the inner;
• and
• a distal end surface provided along an inner edge of the tubular portion at the first end,
• the mating connector further includes a mating outer shield,
• the outer shield includes a contact portion configured to contact the mating outer shield of the mating connector while the connector is connected to the mating connector,
• the contact portion of the outer shield includes one or more protrusions provided on at least one of the outer and the inner of the tubular portion,
• the one or more protrusions comprises a plurality of protrusions,
• the plurality of protrusions are arranged along the circumferential direction of the tubular portion with a space between adjacent protrusions of the plurality of protrusions, and
• a maximum value of creepage distances between the plurality of protrusions is equal to or less than ¼ of a wavelength of a maximum frequency of a transmission signal flowing through the terminal.

A connector configured to be connected to a mating connector including a mating terminal, the connector comprising:

• a housing;
• an outer shield fixed to the housing, the outer shield including a tubular portion having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end and the second end of the tubular portion opening, the tubular portion surrounding a hollow space;
• and
• a terminal held by the housing and surrounded by the tubular portion of the outer shield, the terminal being configured to be electrically connected to the mating terminal of the mating connector, wherein
• the connector is configured to be connected to the mating connector by moving toward the mating connector in a predetermined direction relatively with respect to the mating connector,
• the first end of the tubular portion of the outer shield is located in the predetermined direction in the tubular portion,
• the tubular portion of the outer shield has:
• an inner facing the hollow space;
• an outer opposite to the inner;
• and
• a distal end surface provided along an inner edge of the tubular portion at the first end,
• the mating connector further includes a mating outer shield,
• the outer shield includes a contact portion configured to contact the mating outer shield of the mating connector while the connector is connected to the mating connector,
• the terminal includes a force-sensing portion configured to generate a click feeling when the terminal contacts the mating terminal, and
• when the connector is connected to the mating connector, the connector is configured to:
• allow the force-sensing portion of the connector to contact the mating terminal;
• and
• then, allow the contact portion of the outer shield of the connector to contact the mating outer shield of the mating connector.