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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Karen Dernar, Novi, MI (US);
Kyle Happy, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Christopher Prisby, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A vehicle lamp unit includes a lamp housing configured to be mounted to a vehicle, a bezel member, a light pipe structure and a fastener. The bezel member has a front side facing away from the lamp housing, a back side facing the lamp housing, and a cover trim portion extending from the front side. The light pipe structure has at least one pipe portion disposed on the front side of the bezel member and a mounting flange disposed underneath the cover trim portion. The fastener extends through a first opening of the mounting flange of the light pipe structure and a second opening of the bezel member.