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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Emily G. Lawrence, Columbus, OH (US);
Toshimitsu Shimizu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Jason Dilley, Plain City, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle assembly for housing an unlocking mechanism provided within a vehicle passenger compartment which is operably connected to a locking device of a trunk lid includes an interior body panel having an outer surface including an opening portion for receiving an unlocking mechanism. A lid is removably mounted to the body panel and has a closed position for covering the opening portion and an opened position. The lid defines a lid body having an exterior surface. An edge portion of the exterior surface is continuous and without interruption about a periphery of the exterior surface so that the lid body exterior surface is flush with the body panel outer surface about the entire periphery of the lid body exterior surface.