Fixation device for affixing a contact element in a housing of a connector

An electrical connector, comprising:

• a fixation device including:
• a housing including a contact element receptacle for receiving a contact element and, a support face defining a deflection surface;
• and
• clamping device for clamping the contact element in the contact element receptacle with a clamping force directed in a clamping direction, the clamping device including a clamping body and a slide slidable relative to the clamping body along a sliding direction, the clamping body rotates relative to the housing on at least one bearing surface as the slide moves relative to the clamping body;
• and
• a contact element surrounding a conductor of a cable on at least three sides in the region of the clamping device, the contact element resting on the support face of the housing, the deflection surface oriented at an angle relative to the clamping direction such that the deflection surface deflects a component of the clamping force acting upon the contact element in a direction transverse to the clamping direction, the slide pressing the clamping body in the clamping direction and against the contact element when the slide slides along the sliding direction.