Patent ID: 7850212

Claim:
A locking ring which is adapted to lock a joint between two tubular elements ( 4 , 8 ), which extends around a central axis (X-X), and which comprises at least two rigid segments ( 50 ) which each have a main part ( 58 ) and two circumferential ends ( 60 ), each segment ( 50 ) having a shape which flares out from a thin axial side to a thick axial side ( 56 ), characterized in that at least one of the segments ( 50 ) comprises at least one recess ( 62 ) for receiving a retaining member ( 16 ), in that the receiving recess ( 62 ) is axially open on the thin axial side, in that the receiving recess ( 62 ) extends solely through the main part ( 58 ), and in that the receiving recess ( 62 ) is circumferentially limited on both sides, and further characterized in that the ring comprises resilient connecting elements ( 52 ), each connecting the two ends ( 60 ) of two adjacent segments ( 50 ).