Patent ID: 7048486

Claim:
A vehicle insert part system, comprising: a vehicle body wall having an opening and a marginal portion; and an insert part including: (a) a neck adapted to pass through the opening, the neck having oppositely positioned first and second recesses, the first and second recesses each having opposed lateral ends; and (b) a flange arranged on the neck having an underside facing the neck, the flange operable to cover the marginal portion of the wall adjacent the opening, the flange further including: (i) a depression on the under side, bounded on an outside by an elevated circumferential edge; (ii) a plastic body arranged in the depression, the plastic body capable of being brought into a flowable state; and (iii) a retainer operable to secure the insert part in the opening of the wall; (iv) a circular bore extending through the flange and partially extending through the neck; each of the recesses being in open communication with the bore by first and second slits each extending radially outward from the bore to one of the lateral ends of each of the recesses, any one of the first and second recesses together with its first and second slits together defining a substantially triangular shape; wherein the plastic body is completely accommodated within the depression, and in an installed position having the insert part secured in the opening of the wall by the retainer, the circumferential edge is operably pressed into contact with the wall.