Hole plug
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorTakehiro Sato
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Abstract
A hole plug has a head portion, a leg portion protruding from the head portion, and a flange portion protruding on an upper circumference of the leg portion. The leg portion includes an inner wall having an approximately cylindrical shape and connected to the head portion; and an outer wall extending along the inner wall with a gap among the inner wall from a folded portion provided in an end portion of the inner wall, and forming a bendable thin-walled portion. The thin-walled portion is elastically bent by an external force to be capable of transitioning from a first usage aspect in which the outer wall is locked in the hole with the thin-walled portion being in a non-bending state to a second usage aspect in which a force larger than the first usage aspect is provided to pressure contact relative to the hole.
Claims7
A hole plug for plugging a hole of a plate material, comprising;
- a head portion;
- a leg portion protruding from the head portion;
- and
- a flange portion protruding on an upper circumference of the leg portion, wherein the hole provided in the plate material is blocked by the hole plug in a state where the leg portion is inserted, for locking, to the hole of the plate material until the flange portion abuts against the plate material and is controlled,
- wherein the leg portion includes an inner wall having an approximately cylindrical shape and connected to the head portion;
- and an outer wall extending along the inner wall with a gap with respect to the inner wall from a folded portion provided in an end portion of the inner wall, and forming a bendable thin-walled portion in one portion thereof, and
- the thin-walled portion is capable of transitioning from a first usage condition in which the outer wall is locked in the hole with the thin-walled portion being in a non-bending state, to a second usage condition in which the outer wall contacts the hole with a force larger than the first usage condition, by the outer wall being bent elastically at the thin-walled portion by an outer force.
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