Patent ID: 9033562
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B60Q,F21S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headlamp comprising: a semiconductor-type light source; a lens configured to illuminate light from the semiconductor-type light source forward of a vehicle as a respective one of a light distribution pattern for low beam and a light distribution pattern for high beam; a light control member; and a driving member configured to position the light control member so as to be changeably movable between a first location and a second location, wherein: the light control member is made of a plate-shaped light shading portion that is disposed inside of the vehicle; when the light control member is positioned in the first location, the light shading portion shades a part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source, causes remaining light to be incident to the lens, and illuminate the incident light from the lens forward of the vehicle, as the light distribution pattern for low beam; and when the light control member is positioned in the second location, the light shading portion causes the light from the semiconductor-type light source to be incident to the lens as is, and illuminates the incident light from the lens forward of the vehicle, as the light distribution pattern for high beam, wherein: the light control member is made of the light shading portion and a light transmission portion; when the light control member is positioned in the first location, the light transmission portion causes the light from the semiconductor-type light source to be incident to the lens as is, and illuminates the incident light from the lens forward of the vehicle, as the light distribution pattern for low beam, when the light control member is positioned in the second location, the light control member changes an optical path of a part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source, causes the part of the light to be incident to the lens, and illuminates the incident part of the light from the lens, as the light distribution pattern for high beam.