Patent ID: 8282137

Claim:
An end piece for placing onto a free end of a corrugated hose, the end piece comprising: a bushing having a front region for facing the free end of the corrugated hose and a rear region lying opposite said front region in a longitudinal direction of said bushing, said bushing having an end face at said front region and, with said bushing in a mounted state, said bushing configured for being situated inside the corrugated hose, said bushing further having: a collar at said end face, said collar having an annular groove formed in a surface of said collar opposite said end face, for the at least partial accommodation of the free end of the corrugated hose; a plurality of flexible tongues disposed in said rear region, said flexible tongues have a direction of relief that is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said bushing and is directed in the direction of the outside space of said bushing, at least part of said flexible tongues have on an outer surface thereof facing the outside space in each case at least one radially projecting locking projection for realizing an engagement-behind that is effective in the longitudinal direction of said bushing; and a retaining sleeve accommodated in said bushing and, with the end piece in the mounted state, extends over substantially an entire length of said bushing in the longitudinal direction of said bushing in an inside space and defines a radial play of said flexible tongues in the direction of the inside space of said bushing.