Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.

David Plentis

William G Bowes

Mark D Snyder

William Spencer Evans

Garry Nylander

A vehicle side panel storage box assembly has a mounting structure, a compartment and a side panel door. The mounting structure is fixedly coupled to a pair of lateral cross frames of a vehicle body and has the side panel door pivotally mounted to the mounting structure. The compartment is fixedly coupled to the mounting structure mounting structure as a modular unit. The side panel door has an exterior surface panel configured and arranged to form an exterior of a vehicle body side panel.

Vehicle side panel storage box assembly

A vehicle combination light for use in a vehicle having a compartment includes a housing and a combination light unit arranged in the housing and directed to at least a front or a rear of the vehicle. An accessory light unit is arranged in the housing and directed to an interior of the compartment, such that the accessory light unit is aligned with an opening in a wall of the vehicle that faces toward the interior of the compartment in order to illuminate the interior of the compartment.

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

David Plentis