Patent ID: 6848924

Claim:
A connection member for a flexible plastic fluid line having a peripheral wall defining an inner fluid conduit and at least one electrical line strand and/or light guide disposed in the peripheral wall thereof, the connection member, comprising a female socket for receiving the plastic line, an inner fluid duct in fluid communication with the female socket for communicating with the inner fluid conduit of the plastic line, a coupling means axially spaced from the inner fluid duct for the electrical and/or optical connection with the at least one electrical line strand and/or the light guide, and at least one connection cable mounted to the side on the connection member, the connection cable having a sensor arrangement arranged at an end thereof, and connected electrically and/or optically with the coupling means, wherein the female socket includes a floor and is adapted to the cross-section of the plastic line and the coupling means is arranged in the floor of the female socket that on insertion of the plastic line into the female socket, the coupling means engages with the at least one electrical line strand and/or the light guide.