Downlighting signal and illumination mirror head for vehicle

A mirror assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

• a first clam shell including one or more first downlighting devices;
• a second clam shell configured to anchor the mirror assembly to the vehicle;
• a supporting arm mounted to the first clam shell and the second clam shell, the supporting arm has an internal passageway for running an electrical wire;
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• a mirror head configured to be mountable to the supporting arm.

A lighting pod for a vehicle, the lighting pod has a bottom surface, a front surface adjacent to the bottom surface, a rear surface adjacent to the bottom surface and opposite to the front surface, and a top surface, the lighting pod comprising:

• one or more bushings, each of the one or more bushings has at least one finger on a side wall of the bushing;
• one or more downlighting devices, each of the one or more downlighting devices has a threaded LED configured to fit into one of the one or more bushings to form one of one or more lighting assemblies;
• one or more holes on the bottom surface of the lighting pod, each of the holes is configured to accept one of the one or more lighting assemblies, wherein each one of the one or more lighting assemblies is configured to snap into one of the one or more holes;
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• a groove on the top surface sized to accept and snap on a supporting arm.

A lighting pod for a vehicle, the lighting pod comprising:

• one or more bushings, each of the one or more bushings including at least one protrusion on a side wall of the bushing;
• one or more downlighting devices, each of the one or more downlighting devices including a LED configured to fit into one of the one or more bushings and secured responsive to the at least one protrusion to form one of one or more lighting assemblies;
• a bottom surface including one or more bottom mounting areas, each of the mounting areas configured to accept a corresponding lighting assembly;
• a front surface adjacent to the bottom surface;
• a rear surface adjacent to the bottom surface and opposite to the front surface;
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• a top surface configured to include a top mounting area and sized to accept and connect to a supporting arm.

A side lighting device for a vehicle to cast light downward to further illuminate areas or ground near the vehicle to enable a driver to visually determine a presence of a person or object and/or to improve night time danger zone visibility, the side lighting device has a bottom side, a top side, a front side between the bottom side and the top side and a rear side opposing to the front side, the side lighting device comprising:

• one or more bushings, each of the one or more bushings including at least one protrusion on a side wall of the bushing;
• one or more downlighting devices, each of the one or more downlighting devices including a LED configured to fit into one of the one or more bushings to form one of one or more lighting assemblies;
• one or more bottom connection areas on the bottom side of the side lighting device, each of the bottom connection areas configured to secure one of the one or more lighting assemblies thereto;
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• one or more visors, each of the one or more visors configured to screen an emitted light from a corresponding downlighting device in a substantially horizontal direction from the front side of the side lighting device.

A LED light strip assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:

• a LED light strip having a plurality of LED lights aligned in one or more rows;
• a mounting base having a top side, a front facing side, a rear facing side, a right side and a left side, the LED light strip is secured to the front facing side of the mounting base;
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• two or more tube mount wedges provided on the rear facing side of the mounting base, wherein each of the tube mount wedges has a flat side for attaching to the rear facing side of the mounting base, and wherein each of the tube mount wedge has a curved or concave side, opposing to the flat side, for securing the LED light strip assembly to a supporting arm of a mirror assembly.

A LED light strip assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:

• a LED light strip having a plurality of LED lights aligned in one or more rows;
• a mounting base having a top side, a front facing side, a rear facing side, a right side and a left side, the LED light strip is secured to the front facing side of the mounting base;
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• a body mount wedge configured to connect to the rear facing side of the mounting base, the body mount wedge having a flat front side for attaching to the rear facing side of the mounting base, a flat rear side for mounting to a side panel of the vehicle, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side, wherein the area of the top side is greater than the area of the bottom side that, when assembled, a bias angle can be formed between the front side of the LED light strip and the rear side of the body mount wedge to direct light produced by said LED light strip in a predetermined direction.