Patent ID: 7481561
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: B60Q,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lighting device comprising: at least one lamp unit of a projector-type; a holder that holds the lamp unit in such a manner that the lamp unit the lamp unit rotates around a substantially vertical axis; and a drive unit that drives the lamp unit, wherein the lamp unit includes the lens focal point presents as a pseudo lens focal point at a position symmetrical with respect to the planar reflection surface by the planar reflection surface, the pseudo lens focal point is positioned at or near the second focal point, the lens optical axis presents as a pseudo lens optical axis that intersects at a right angle with the lens optical axis by the planar reflection surface, the pseudo lens optical axis substantially coincides with the optical axis, and a light radiating direction of a light ray radiated from the lamp unit is changed according to a driving condition of a vehicle.