IP Library Granted Patent US 12,424,787
Granted Patent B2
US 12,424,787 · App. 17/914,214 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Dummy plug and dummy plug structure

Inventors: Daisuke Kataoka (Mie, JP); Junya Matsuura (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
H01R13/5202H01R13/5216
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,424,787
App. No.
17/914,214
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a dummy plug and a dummy plug structure that can be automatically corrected to a proper orientation. A dummy plug (10) includes a rectangular fitting portion (12) extending in a front-rear direction. The rectangular fitting portion (12) includes four corner portions (15), at diagonal positions around an axis thereof extending in the front-rear direction. The four corner portions (15) respectively include chamfered portions (17) that spread outward away from one another while extending rearward, and whose width in a direction around the axis decreases rearward. The chamfered portions (17) respectively include ridge line portions (18) that extend in the front-rear direction and protrude outward. The ridge line portions (18) are inclined further in one direction around the axis while extending rearward.

Claims (17)

1. A dummy plug comprising

a rectangular fitting portion that extends in a front-rear direction,

wherein the rectangular fitting portion includes four corner portions, at diagonal positions around an axis thereof extending in the front-rear direction,

the four corner portions respectively include chamfered portions that spread outward away from one another while extending rearward, and whose width in a direction around the axis decreases rearward,

the four chamfered portions respectively include ridge line portions that extend in the front-rear direction and protrude outward, and

the ridge line portions are inclined further in one direction with respect to the axis while extending rearward.

2. A dummy plug structure comprising

a rectangular fitting portion that is to be fitted into a rectangular hole,

wherein the rectangular fitting portion includes four corner portions at diagonal positions around an axis thereof extending in a front-rear direction,

the four corner portions respectively include chamfered portions that spread outward away from one another while extending rearward, and

when positions at which the four chamfered portions come into contact with four respective side surfaces of the rectangular hole are defined as contact positions,

the contact positions are set so as to be displaced further in one direction with respect to the axis toward rear ends of the four chamfered portions as the rectangular fitting portion is inserted into the rectangular hole.

3. The dummy plug structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein the four chamfered portions each include a surface inclined in one direction positioned in a region extending from the contact position in the one direction around the axis and a surface inclined in another direction positioned in a region extending from the contact position in a direction opposite to the one direction around the axis, and

an angle formed between a tangent line on the surface inclined in the one direction at the contact position and the side surface is larger than an angle formed between a tangent line on the surface inclined in the other direction at the contact position and the side surface.

4. The dummy plug structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein a width of the chamfered portion in a direction around the axis is set to decrease rearward.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2022
From: KATAOKA, DAISUKE; MATSUURA, JUNYA
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061198/0656 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-057009 · Mar 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230114179A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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