Patent ID: 7997437

Claim:
A plug ( 10 ) for sealing holes in a vehicle body, comprising a central closure section ( 12 ) and an engaging section ( 14 ) arranged on the rim and provided for receiving portions of the vehicle body, the closure section ( 12 ) being formed so as to have a hollow cylindrical shape with a closed axial end ( 16 ) and an open axial end ( 18 ), the engaging section ( 14 ) being positioned entirely between the closed end ( 16 ) and the open end ( 18 ), the closure section ( 12 ) and the engaging section ( 14 ) being made of a plastics material and the plastics material of the engaging section ( 14 ) being softer than the plastics material of the closure section ( 12 ), and the plastics material of the engaging section ( 14 ) being adapted to be softened by heating such that a tight connection is produced between the engaging section ( 14 ) and the portions of the vehicle body that are received by it, the engaging section having a surrounding sealing lip ( 30 ), which forms a latching connection with an edge of the hole in the vehicle body, and a further sealing lip ( 34 ), which engages the opposite side of the edge of the hole in the vehicle body, characterized in that the engaging section ( 14 ) is inserted in a deepening ( 20 ) on the rim side of the closure section ( 12 ).