| CPC F21S 41/657 (2018.01) [F21S 41/192 (2018.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A lighting device for a vehicle, comprising:
a lens unit mounted on a vehicle body; and
a light source unit positioned within the lens unit and selectively hidden behind or configured to radiate light to the lens unit,
wherein the lens unit comprises:
a first lens unit having an outer surface thereof exposed exteriorly on the vehicle body and an inner surface thereof facing the light source unit when the light source unit is in a first position facing toward the inner surface of the first lens unit, wherein the first lens unit is configured to transmit the light radiated by the light source unit to the inner surface of the first lens unit to outside of the vehicle body; and
an opaque material disposed inside the first lens unit between the light source unit and the inner surface of the first lens unit and configured to cover at least a first portion of the inner surface of the first lens unit so that the light source unit is hidden by the opaque material from being viewed from outside of the vehicle body through the covered first portion of the first lens unit,
wherein; the first lens unit includes a second portion of the inner surface configured to pass light from the light source unit through the first lens unit to the outside of the vehicle body when the light source unit is in the first position facing toward the inner surface of the first lens unit,
the opaque material is configured so that light radiated by the light source unit to the inner surface of the first lens unit when the light source unit is in the first position will not be radiated through the first portion of the inner surface of the first lens unit to outside of the vehicle body,
the light source unit further comprises a light rotation unit configured to rotate the light source unit between the first position radiating light toward the inner surface of the first lens unit and a second position for radiating light from the light source unit toward a second lens unit different than the first lens unit; and
the light source unit further comprises a light cover unit mounted on an outside of the light source unit and configured to rotate with the light source unit into a closed position to cover the second portion of the inner surface of the first lens unit so that light source unit is visible from the outside of the vehicle body through the second lens unit and hidden by the light cover unit from being viewed from outside the vehicle body through the first lens unit when the light source unit is rotated by the light rotation unit into the second position.
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