Patent ID: 7914051

Claim:
A connection device for connecting a support component to a fluid line, the connection device comprising: an annular insert adapted for plugging in a circularly cylindrical socket of a support component; and an annular seal adapted for surrounding a fluid line inserted into the connection device, wherein the annular insert comprises: a plurality of resiliently elastic claw elements projecting radially inward and being distributed in the peripheral direction of the insert, for peripherally hugging the inserted fluid line; support means defined by a plurality of individual support legs extending axially past the claw elements for supporting the annular seal surrounding the inserted fluid line; and an annular cage element which is made in the form of a metallic bent stamping, the cage element having an annular support section, wherein the claw elements and the support legs project from the annular support section in the same axial direction, and wherein both the support legs and the claw elements are formed in one piece with the support section, and wherein the support section has a polygonal shape defined by flat sections and corner sections, each flat section extending between two corner sections.