ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,941, issued on July 29, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Vehicle rear tail lamp structure" was invented by David Snyder (Southfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle rear tail lamp structure includes a rear door and a rear lamp housing. The rear door has an upper outer panel portion and a lower outer panel portion, with a rear lamp recess defined between a lower edge of the upper outer panel portion and an upper edge of the lower outer panel portion. The rear lamp housing has a main body with an upper edge, a lower edge and at least one rearwardly projecting protrusion. The upper edge is loc...