Hole plug
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorTakashi Takita
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Abstract
While a high pullout force is being achieved, when a hole plug is demolded from a mold, a load on a locking claw is reduced. A leg portion 3 of a hole plug 1 includes an inner tube 11, an outer tube 12 surrounding the inner tube, ribs 15 interconnecting the inner and outer tubes, and locking claws 14 provided on an outer circumferential surface of the outer tube and locked in a circumferential border thereof when the leg portion is inserted into a hole 22 of a body panel 21. The ribs are disposed corresponding to positions of the locking claws, and are structured so as to be tilted relative to a radial direction of the hole plug in a case of being viewed from an insertion direction of the leg portion.
Claims4
A hole plug comprising:
- a head portion, and
- a leg portion projecting from the head portion, the hole plug blocking a hole provided in a plate member by inserting the leg portion into the hole,
- wherein the leg portion comprises:
- a first wall;
- a second wall facing the first wall;
- ribs interconnecting the first wall and the second wall;
- and
- locking claws provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second wall such that when the leg portion is inserted into the hole, the locking claws are locked in a circumferential border of the hole, and
- wherein the ribs are disposed at portions corresponding to positions of the locking claws, and in viewing from an insertion direction of the leg portion, the ribs are tilted relative to a direction heading to a center of the locking claws from a center of the hole plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.