IP Library Granted Patent US 12679182
Granted Patent B2
US 12679182 · App. 18/788,393 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Door hole cover

Inventor: Naoya Sasaki (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
B60J5/0416B60J5/0413
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12679182
App. No.
18/788,393
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention improves work efficiency of a detachment work of detaching a door hole cover from a door inner panel. The door hole cover is to be attached to a door inner panel of a vehicle's door, the door hole cover including: recessed portions each allowing a clip to be housed therein, the clip being used to attach the door hole cover to the door inner panel; a pair of guide walls connected to an end portion of each recessed portion which end portion has an opening, the guide walls facing each other, the guide walls guiding the clip to an inside of the recessed portion; and a protruded portion protruding from one of the guide walls, at least part of a first one of the guide walls protruding, more than a second one of the guide walls, in a direction for narrowing a space between the guide walls.

Claims (14)

1 . A door hole cover which is to be attached to a door inner panel of a door of a vehicle, the door hole cover comprising:

a cover member configured to cover, from a vehicle interior side, a door hole provided in the door inner panel;

a plurality of recessed portions provided in a periphery of the cover member, each of the plurality of recessed portions being configured to allow a clip to be housed therein, the clip being used to attach the door hole cover to the door inner panel;

a pair of guide walls connected to an end portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions which end portion has an opening, the pair of the guide walls facing each other, the pair of the guide walls being configured to guide the clip to an inside of the corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions; and

a protruded portion protruding from one of the pair of the guide walls,

the pair of the guide walls creating a space therebetween, the pair of the guide walls being constituted by a first guide wall and a second guide wall, at least part of the first guide wall protruding, more than the second guide wall, in a direction for narrowing the space,

the at least part of the first guide wall coming into contact with the clip so that the clip housed in the corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions is restricted from moving toward the space, and

the protruded portion coming into contact with the clip so that the clip housed in the corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions is restricted from moving through the space toward an outside of the space.

2 . The door hole cover according to claim 1 , wherein:

an inner surface of the second guide wall is flush with a portion of an inner surface of the corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions, the portion being connected to the second guide wall.

3 . The door hole cover according to claim 1 , wherein:

the protruded portion is provided in the second guide wall.

4 . The door hole cover according to claim 3 , wherein:

the protruded portion protrudes from a surface of the second guide wall which surface is on a vehicle exterior side.