Patent ID: 7731403

Claim:
A lighting system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a battery/ignition voltage, said lighting system comprising: a sealed unitary light module disposed at an exterior portion of the vehicle; said sealed unitary light module comprising at least one high-intensity power light emitting diode; said high-intensity power light emitting diode emitting with a luminous efficiency of at least about 7 lumens per watt and passing a forward current of at least about 350 milliamps when operated at its operating voltage; wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode emits white light with a luminous flux of at least about 25 lumens when operated at its operating voltage; said sealed unitary light module including a heat dissipating element and wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode thermally couples to said heat dissipating element; said sealed unitary light module including a lens; a voltage converter, said voltage converter comprising a DC to DC converter; wherein said sealed unitary module is removable from the exterior portion of the vehicle as a unit; and wherein said light module includes a light piping element and wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode optically couples with said light piping element.