Abstract: Combination of a locking lever and a connector of the type utilizing a female housing member and a male housing member, wherein one of the male and female housing members includes studs arranged on two opposite walls, and wherein the locking lever is a U-shaped member that has two flanges and a holding strip portion. The U-shaped member is mounted in an articulated manner on two corresponding walls of another of the male and female housing members. Each of the two flanges has a cam adapted to cooperate with one of the studs. The locking lever is movable at least between a rest position and a locking position. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.