Illumination Device for Vehicle

An illumination device (1) for a vehicle, wherein said illumination device (1) is configured to create an illuminated, in particular 3-dimensional, shape, wherein the illumination device (1) comprises an optical element (2), a first bezel element (3) and a second bezel element (4), wherein the illuminated shape is created by an optical interaction between the optical element (2), the first bezel element (3) and the second bezel element (4), wherein the illumination device (1) further comprises:

• a light source (5) configured to emit light along a main direction (x);
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• a diffuser device (6) arranged downstream of the light source (5) along the main direction (x) and configured to receive light from the light source (5) via a light entry surface (6a) of the diffuser device (6) and to emit the received light via a light exit surface (6b) of the diffuser device (6), wherein the diffuser device (6) is configured to scatter and/or diffuse light received from the light source (5) along the main direction (x) and to illuminate the optical element (2) with the scattered/diffused light,
• wherein the optical element (2) is configured to receive the scattered/diffused light from the diffuser device (6) via a light receiving surface (2a) of the optical element (2) and emit the received light along the main direction (x) via a light emitting surface (2b) of the optical element (2), wherein said light emitting surface (2b) has a longitudinal extension along the main direction (x),
• wherein the optical element (2), the first bezel element (3) and the second bezel element (4) are arranged downstream of the diffuser device (6) along the main direction (x), wherein the illuminated shape created with the illumination device (1) is composed of an illuminated, light emitting, area and a dark, non-light emitting, area, wherein the illuminated area is created by the light emitting surface of the illuminated optical element (2) and the dark area is created by the first bezel element (3) blocking/absorbing light emitted by the diffuser device (6) and the second bezel element (4) blocking/absorbing light emitted by the diffuser device (6) respectively,
• wherein the first bezel element (3) comprises an aperture (7), which has a shape defined and limited by a rim portion (7a) of the first bezel element (3) and which lies in an aperture plane (A), wherein the first bezel element (3) and the optical element (2) are arranged to each other in such a way, that the optical element (2) permeates said aperture (7) in a sectional plane (S), which coincides within the aperture plane (A), such that the light receiving surface (2a) of the optical element (2) is arranged on a diffuser device (6) facing side of the first bezel element (3) and the light emitting surface (2b) of the optical element (2) is arranged at least partially on a diffuser device (6) averted side of the first bezel element (3), and
• wherein the second bezel element (4) has a longitudinal extension along the main direction (x), wherein the first bezel element (3) and the second bezel element (4) are arranged to each other in such a way, that second bezel element (4) permeates the aperture in the sectional plane (S).