Patent ID: 7338093

Claim:
A plug-type connection for fluid lines of the type having, two coupling parts including a socket part and a plug part which can be fitted together via a locking arrangement, the plug part having a plug shank insertable into a locating opening of the socket part, the locking arrangement comprising first and second outer, radial, flange-like retaining webs formed by the socket part and the plug part respectively the first and second webs being axially adjacent when the socket part and the plug part are coupled together and a retaining element forming at least one retaining section which is C-shaped in axial section and axially and radially encloses the retaining webs of the socket and plug parts, wherein the retaining element is captively pre-fitted on the one of the coupling parts such that it is axially and radially fixed and is elastically movable radially in the region of the retaining section, the retaining element, in the region of the retaining section, and the retaining web of the other of the coupling parts forming a positive-locking latching connection when the socket part and the plug part are coupled together as the parts are connected together by pushing them together in a plug in direction along the longitudinal axes of the parts.