Patent ID: 9714055
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A hole plug, comprising: a plug main body including: a meltable member annularly fitted around a periphery of the leg portion and adapted to be located between the flange portion and the panel through elasticity of the meltable member and bending of the locking piece, and having an annular convex portion projecting annularly upwardly along an outer periphery of the meltable member and a depression portion annularly formed adjacent to and inside the annular convex portion on an upper surface thereof, wherein the meltable member is held between the flange portion and the locking piece, and a tip portion of the flange portion is positioned apart inwardly from the convex portion in a radial direction of the meltable member in the depression portion when the meltable member is fitted with the plug main body, and when the meltable member is heated, the meltable member thermally shrinks to reduce a diameter toward a center of the opening portion, and melts and seals between the opening portion and the flange portion.