Patent ID: 7887359

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing which extends along a longitudinal axis, lies in an insertion direction, and is divided into an electrical connection part; and a locking device, which is arranged next to the electrical connection part, for releasably locking the connector to a corresponding mating piece, wherein the locking device comprises: a latching clip which is accommodated in an accommodation space in the housing, extends in the insertion direction and is configured to be elastically deflected transverse to the insertion direction; and an operating element mounted on the housing and configured to elastically deflect the latching clip transverse to the insertion direction for unlatching purposes, wherein the operating element is arranged next to the latching clip, transverse to the insertion direction, and in that a length of the operating element is one of smaller than or approximately equal to the length of the latching clip in the insertion direction, and the latching clip is fixed to the housing by arms which extend in the insertion direction and are configured to be elastically deflected transverse to the insertion direction, and the operating element engages with the latching clip by a rocker in such a way that, when the rocker is pressed down by the operating element on one side of the rocker, the latching clip is elastically deflected transverse to the insertion direction on another side of the rocker.