Patent ID: 8419076

Claim:
A plug connection arrangement comprising: a first hollow tubular body, a second hollow tubular body having an end axially joined to the first hollow tubular body, and a radially expandable spring clip configured to exert a radially inwardly directed spring force, said spring clip having a first radial tongue and a second radial tongue axially displaced from said first radial tongue such that said second radial tongue is positioned over said end of said second hollow tubular body; wherein said first hollow tubular body has a pre-assembly portion on which said first radial tongue of said spring clip is received in a pre-assembly position, wherein said first hollow tubular body has a final assembly portion displaced peripherally and radially inwardly from said pre-assembly portion for receiving said first radial tongue in a final assembly position, and wherein both said first radial tongue and said second radial tongue are displaced radially inwardly under the spring force of said spring clip upon the rotation of said spring clip relative to said first hollow tubular body from said pre-assembly position to said final assembly position to thereby secure said second hollow tubular body to said first hollow tubular body.