Nissan North America, Inc.

Joshua Willerton

Thomas Mally

Aaron Andersen

Nicholas Bee

Brandon Sakofske

A vehicle storage compartment assembly has a bottom wall, a first and second upright walls and a top wall. The first upright wall, the second upright wall and the top wall are each formed with a breakaway structure. A first section is defined on a first side and a second section is defined on a second side of the breakaway structure. The bottom wall extends from the first section to the second section in the absence of the breakaway structure. The first section, the second section and the bottom wall define a storage space. The breakaway structure is configured such that in response to one of the first section and the second section receiving an impacting force the breakaway structure breaks separating the first section from the second section along the first upright wall, the second upright wall and the top wall.

Vehicle storage compartment assembly

A lighting structure for a vehicle includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a retaining structure configured to retain an elongated lighting element, and a fastening structure configured to attach the lighting structure to an interior vehicle panel. The second portion is attached to the first portion at a location spaced from the retaining structure, with a distal end of the second portion being spaced from the retaining structure such that the second portion conceals the retaining structure in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle when the lighting structure is attached to the interior vehicle panel.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Joshua Willerton