Patent attributes
A contact module, a female connector and a male connector, wherein the female contact unit of the female connector includes signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts corresponding to the signal contacts, a side surface of each signal contact facing the corresponding ground contact includes a signal contact portion in conductive contact with the signal contact portion of an adapter connector, a side surface of each ground contact facing the corresponding signal contact includes a shielding contact portion in electrical contact with the ground contact of the adapter connector, and a plugging space for plugging the contact module of the adapter connector is between the signal contacts and the ground contacts. The female connector enables the adapted contact unit to be clamped between the corresponding signal contact and the corresponding ground contact to realize corresponding conduction.