Patent ID: 8337064

Claim:
A lamp mounting structure for a vehicle, with the use of which a lamp is mounted to an end portion of a vehicle in a longitudinal direction thereof, the lamp mounting structure characterized by comprising: a connection release device that detaches the lamp from a vehicle body in response to an impact load applied from above the vehicle, the connection release device provided in an upper connection portion in which an upper portion of the lamp is connected to the vehicle body; and a lower connection device that maintains a connection between the lamp and the vehicle body when the impact load is applied from above the vehicle and that releases the connection between the lamp and the vehicle body in response to an impact load applied in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the lower connection device provided in a lower connection portion in which the vehicle body is connected to a lower portion of the lamp on a side opposite to a center of the vehicle with respect to a center of gravity of the lamp in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the lower connection device is provided with an insert portion that is provided at the lower portion of the lamp on the side opposite to the center of the vehicle with respect to the center of gravity of the lamp in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and opens toward the center of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a lower lamp attachment member whose one end is inserted into the insert portion from a side closer to the center of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and an opposite end is fixed to a portion of the vehicle body that is lower than the lamp, wherein the other end of the lower lamp attachment member is fixed to a bumper reinforcement on the side opposite to the center of the vehicle with respect to the one end in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and wherein the one end of the lower lamp attachment member is formed in a hook nail shape.