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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Daisuke Kataoka, Mie, JP;
Junya Matsuura, Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie, JP;
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.