Vehicle rear tail lamp structure
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorDavid Snyder
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Abstract
A vehicle rear tail lamp structure includes a rear door and a rear lamp housing. The rear door has an upper outer panel portion and a lower outer panel portion, with a rear lamp recess defined between a lower edge of the upper outer panel portion and an upper edge of the lower outer panel portion. The rear lamp housing has a main body with an upper edge, a lower edge and at least one rearwardly projecting protrusion. The upper edge is located along the lower edge of the upper outer panel portion. The lower edge is located along the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion. The protrusion extends below the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion below the rear lamp recess overlaying a portion of the lower outer panel portion below the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion.
Claims18
A vehicle rear tail lamp structure, comprising:
- a rear door having an upper outer panel portion and a lower outer panel portion, with a rear lamp recess being defined between a lower edge of the upper outer panel portion and an upper edge of the lower outer panel portion;
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- a rear lamp housing having a main body with an upper edge, a lower edge and at least one rearwardly projecting protrusion, the upper edge of the main body of the rear lamp housing being located along the lower edge of the upper outer panel portion, the lower edge of the main body of the rear lamp housing being located along the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion and the protrusion extending below the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion below the rear lamp recess overlaying a portion of the lower outer panel portion below the upper edge of the lower outer panel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.