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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Frank A Ramos, II, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Chung Lee, Plano, TX (US);
Alexander Paradis, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Stuart Wuerthele, Saline, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle that includes a rear bumper having a license plate well recessed into the rear bumper and a combined lighting assembly disposed at the rear bumper. The combined lighting assembly includes a lighting body having an outward facing portion coupled to a sideward facing portion by a turned portion. The sideward facing portion extends into the license plate well. The combined lighting assembly also includes a rearward facing light having a rearward illumination region directed in the vehicle rearward direction from the outward facing portion and a license plate light having a sideward illumination region directed into the license plate well.