Patent ID: 8162166
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A hole plug for closing an opening formed in a plate-shaped member, comprising: a main body part including a cover flange portion for covering the opening, an insertion portion extended from a central portion of a back surface of the cover flange portion to be inserted into the opening, and an engaging portion formed on an outer periphery of the insertion portion to be engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; a thermo-softening resin member mounted on a peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and, formed such that if heated and melted, then a portion of the thermo-softening resin member flows into a clearance between the back surface of the cover flange portion and a front surface of the plate-shaped member around a front side peripheral edge of the opening, thereby fixing them together; and an elastic flange portion comprising a conical shape and extending downward and outward from the back surface of the cover flange portion toward the front side peripheral edge of the opening and elastically contactable with the front surface of the plate-shaped member after insertion into the opening.