Patent ID: 6749324
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A lamp unit mounting structure, comprising:a panel body of a vehicle; an interior wall member, which covers an interior side of the panel body; and a lamp unit, including: a retainer, which engages with an exterior side of the panel body through the interior wall member, to retain the lamp unit on an interior side of the interior wall member, the retainer including a flexible arm having a free end portion which is flexible in a first direction parallel with the panel body and a second direction perpendicular to the panel body, the free end portion being abutted against the exterior side of the panel body when the interior wall member is mounted on the panel body; and a regulator, which prevents the free end portion of the flexible arm from being flexed more than a predetermined amount in the second direction when the flexible arm is not flexed in the first direction, wherein the regulator includes a wall portion extending in the first direction, and the flexible arm includes a pair of projections arranged in the second direction such that the wall portion is fitted therebetween.