Patent ID: 7217016

Claim:
A lamp mounting apparatus, comprising: an outer panel member mounted on a frame member of a vehicle and defining a part of an outer surface of the vehicle; a lamp unit disposed adjacent to said outer panel member; a positioning projection protruding from one of said outer panel member and said lamp unit; a positioning opening formed in the other one of said outer panel member and said lamp unit, said positioning hole adapted to receive said positioning projection; positioning abutment parts provided in said lamp unit and said outer panel member, and said positioning abutment parts abut one another when said positioning projection has been inserted into said positioning hole, to thereby position said lamp unit at a predetermined location along a protruding direction of said positioning projection; a first temporal fastening member protruding from one of said lamp unit and said frame member, and having a plurality of engaged parts formed along the protruding direction of said positioning projection; and a second temporal fastening member provided in the other one of said lamp unit and said frame member, and having an engaging part adapted to engage with said engaged parts provided in said first temporal fastening member.