Patent ID: 8206388

Claim:
An insert for a clamping element, the clamping element having two jaws to clamp a rod-shaped element, wherein the insert comprises: first and second jacket elements each adapted to be inserted between the two jaws with the first jacket element adjacent a first jaw and the second jacket element adjacent a second jaw of the two jaws of the clamping element to modify a space available for the rod-shaped element, and each of the first and second jacket elements having a retaining section, which fixes at least a portion of the insert on at least one of the first and second jaws of the clamping element, wherein the first and second jacket elements are connected to one another by a connecting web in the form of an undulating s-shaped web, the undulating s-shaped web having a first curved portion connected to each jacket element with an oppositely curved second portion connected to each first curved portion, the second curved portion extending into the space for receiving the rod-shaped element along a plane which is free from intersection with any other part of the insert.