Patent ID: 6422726
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
A vehicle headlamp comprising a light source bulb installed on an optical axis that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, a reflector having a reflective surface for reflecting a light from said light source bulb forward, and a shade for blocking part of a light directly irradiated from said light source bulb, wherein:said shade is comprised of a shade body; said shade body has a surface which surrounds a front-end portion of said light source bulb about said optical axis and extends in a direction parallel to said optical axis; a mount stay supports said shade body; an outer circumferential surface of said shade body is provided with a corrugated diffusion portion formed thereon so as to diffusely reflect a light admitted thereto; and a surface shape of an area above said optical axis of said reflective surface of said reflector is formed so as to have substantially the same shape as said corrugated diffusion portion.