Illumination device for a vehicle

1 . An illumination device for a vehicle, the illumination device comprising:

at least one light module for producing a light distribution, the at least one light module including:

at least one light emission unit with at least one light source module,

at least one reflector unit with at least one reflector element, and

at least one projection unit including at least three lens elements, wherein the at least three lens elements are arranged in a serial manner with regard to a main radiation direction (M 2 ) of the at least one projection unit,

wherein light emitted from the at least one light emission unit is at least partially coupled into the at least one projection unit via the at least one reflector unit,

wherein a main radiation direction (M 1 ) of the at least one light emission unit is inclined with respect to the main radiation direction (M 2 ) of the at least one projection unit,

wherein the at least one reflector element is an at least partially dome-shaped reflector element having a light exit opening, the at least one reflector element defining an inner surface having a first surface section and a second surface section, the at least one reflector element positioned such that the at least one light source module is at least partially enclosed by the first surface section,

wherein the first surface section has a different curvature and/or a different inclination from the second surface section, and

wherein the light exit opening is oriented essentially perpendicular to the main radiation direction (M 2 ) of the at least one projection unit.

2 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the at least three lens elements is a collimator lens element and two of the at least three lens elements are plano-convex lens elements.

3 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source module includes at least two light sources, wherein at least the at least two light sources are arranged in a plane, wherein the plane is oriented essentially parallel to the main radiation direction (M 2 ) of the at least one projection unit.

4 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source module includes at least two light sources, wherein at least one of the following functionalities may be controlled independently for each of the at least two light sources:

switching on the light source, switching off the light source, or regulating a brightness of the light source.

5 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source module includes at least two light sources arranged in a matrix structure, wherein the matrix structure has at least two rows and at least two columns, and wherein each light source is located essentially in a center of an individual cell of said matrix structure.

6 . The illumination device according to claim 5 , wherein light emitted from the light sources of at least a first row are projected by the at least one projection unit to form a low-beam light distribution and light emitted from the light sources of at least a second row are projected by the at least one projection unit to form a high-beam light distribution.

7 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source module includes at least two light sources, and light emitted by each light source of the at least one light source module is projected into an individual projection sector by the at least one projection unit, wherein the projection sector is a partial sector of the light distribution produced by the at least one light module.

8 . The illumination device according to claim 2 , wherein planar sides of the plano-convex lens elements are arranged opposite to each other.

9 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light emission unit includes a printed circuit board, wherein the at least one light source module is arranged on the printed circuit board and wherein at least one edge of the at least one light source module is at least partially aligned with an edge of the printed circuit board.

10 . The illumination device according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one reflector element is at least partially arranged on a same side of the printed circuit board as the at least one light source module.

11 . The illumination device according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one light emission unit includes at least one heat-sink body which is at least partially arranged on the printed circuit board opposite to the at least one light source module.

12 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the at least three lens elements of the at least one projection unit is a rotationally symmetrical collimator lens element.

13 . The illumination device according to claim 12 , wherein one of the at least three lens elements of the at least one projection unit is a spherical or aspherical collimator lens element.

14 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the at least three lens elements of the at least one projection unit is a plano-convex lens element.

15 . A vehicle comprising at least one illumination device according to claim 1 .

16 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the main radiation direction (M 1 ) of the at least one light emission unit is aligned essentially perpendicular to the main radiation direction (M 2 ) of the at least one projection unit.

17 . The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the at least one reflector element is shaped such that light impinging on the inner surface is reflected from essentially any position of the inner surface into the light exit opening.