Shield connector

A connector comprising:

• a female terminal module comprising:
• a female-side inner conductor that is electrically conductive;
• a female-side derivative that has insulating properties and includes a female-side fitting portion;
• and
• a female-side outer conductor that is electrically conductive, and receives therein the female-side inner conductor via the female-side derivative;
• and
• a male terminal module coupled to the female terminal module and comprising:
• a male-side derivative that has insulating properties and includes a male-side fitting portion;
• a male-side inner conductor that is electrically conductive and includes a male connection portion, the male connection portion extending further than the male-side fitting portion toward the female terminal module;
• and
• a male-side outer conductor that is electrically conductive, and receives therein the male-side inner conductor via the male-side derivative and is connected to the female-side outer conductor when the female terminal module and the male terminal module are coupled together, wherein
• when the female terminal module and the male terminal module are coupled together in a coupling direction, the female-side fitting portion and the male-side fitting portion are fitted to each other in the coupling direction with recess-protrusion fitting, and the male connection portion is inserted in the female-side fitting portion and connected to the female-side inner conductor,
• one fitting portion out of the female-side fitting portion and the male-side fitting portion is a protrusion member and includes a first tapered surface, and another fitting portion out of the female-side fitting portion and the male-side fitting portion is a recessed member and includes a second tapered surface,
• the first tapered surface is sloped to be closer to an axis of the male connection portion as it extends closer to the recessed member,
• the second tapered surface is sloped to be closer to the axis of the male connection portion as it extends farther away from the protrusion member,
• the second tapered surface interfaces the first tapered surface, and only a length of the second tapered surface extends along a length of the first tapered surface, thereby interfacing the second tapered surface,
• the first tapered surface of the female-side fitting portion and the second tapered surface of the male-side fitting portion are connected to interface each other,
• a gap is provided between a distal end of the male-side fitting portion and a distal end of the female-side fitting portion in a portion where the male connection portion is inserted into the female-side fitting portion, and
• the gap extends from the distal end of the male-side fitting portion to a proximal end of the female-side fitting portion.