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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Christopher T. Lepage, Marysville, OH (US);
Nathan M. Fisher, Dublin, OH (US);
Kevin A. Veverka, Columbus, OH (US);
Edward W. Bach, Marysville, OH (US);
Edouard S. Sandoz, Powell, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a body component defining a trunk and a trunk gutter, a weather strip attached is a distal end of the trunk gutter, a trunk lid adapted to be disposed in the trunk gutter when in a closed position, and a tail light assembly affixed to the body component. The tail light assembly includes a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener, a bracket disposed in the housing, a light source affixed to the bracket, an inner lens overlaying the light source, an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the motor vehicle, and an outer lens overlaying the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.