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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Derik Thomas Voigt, Dublin, OH (US);
Aaron Wright, Ostrander, OH (US);
Nick A. Massaro, Dublin, OH (US);
Adam Patrick Gress, West Mansfield, OH (US);
Jamison Weirup, Marysville, OH (US);
Nathan M. Fisher, Dublin, OH (US);
Joshua T. Glazier, Hilliard, OH (US);
Derik Thomas Voigt, Dublin, OH (US);
Aaron Wright, Ostrander, OH (US);
Nick A. Massaro, Dublin, OH (US);
Adam Patrick Gress, West Mansfield, OH (US);
Jamison Weirup, Marysville, OH (US);
Nathan M. Fisher, Dublin, OH (US);
Joshua T. Glazier, Hilliard, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A debris protector for use with a vehicle lamp assembly installed to an opening in a vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent the migration of accumulated road debris through a gap between the lamp assembly and the body panel opening. Such a debris protector is generally in the form of a cover element that is installable along an upper, hidden portion of a vehicle lamp assembly and an inner surface of a corresponding vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent road debris from accumulating on the lamp assembly near the body panel opening. Such a debris protector may also include a seal that is located between the cover element and the rear surface of a body panel or garnish to assist with the debris blocking function of the cover element.