Patent ID: 7832775

Claim:
A connection connecting a tubular air guide element to a turbocharger, the connection comprising: a tubular nipple which is disposed on a housing of the turbocharger, said tubular nipple having a first connection end; said air guide element having a connection end, said air guide element connection end configured and adapted to form a sealed connection with said first connection end of said tubular nipple; a locking element comprising integral projections which form at least one bayonet coupling to couple said connection ends; and at least one set of cooperating latch elements configured to lockably hold the bayonet coupling in an assembled position; wherein said air guide element is sealably connected to said turbocharger by said connection; wherein said latch elements comprise a concentric ring encircling around and spaced apart from an outside surface of one of the connection ends, said concentric ring supported on said connecting end by a plurality of legs extending between said concentric ring and said outside surface of said one of said connection ends; at least one radially outwardly extending radial projection arranged on said concentric ring, said radially outwardly extending projections include a further outwardly extending detent tab; at least one locking notch arranged on said bayonet ring, said locking notches sized and configured to engage with said detent tabs to lock said bayonet connection in said assembled position; and wherein said detent tabs and locking notches form said latch elements.