Patent ID: 7857645

Claim:
In a connector arrangement for an electrically-heatable hose conducting a medium to or from a piece of equipment, the connector arrangement being configured as a plug connection wherein the hose has a first plug connector which can be plugged into a mating second plug connector mounted on said piece of equipment, the electrically-heatable hose having at least one heater lead embedded in said hose over a portion of the length thereof, the heater lead having an end segment brought out of said hose for fitting with said first plug connector, said first plug connector comprising: a body having an annular housing region defining an end; a connector stub arranged on said end for receiving an end portion of said electrically-heatable hose thereon; an annular receptacle pushed onto said annular housing region; said annular receptacle having a surface and a helical slot formed in said surface; and, said end segment of said heater lead being helically placed in said helical slot so as to spirally cover over said annular housing region.