Patent ID: 7293902
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headlamp comprising: a projection lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a light source arranged at a rear of a rear side focus of the projection lens; a reflector that reflects light directly emitted by the light source to a front side along the optical axis; a shade arranged between the projection lens and the reflector, wherein the shade shades a part of light reflected by the reflector; a bright and dark boundary forming portion formed at an upper edge portion of the shade, wherein the bright and dark boundary forming portion forms a cutoff line of a light distribution pattern; a high reflecting region arranged on a front face of the shade, wherein a reflectance of the high reflecting region is higher than a reflectance of a rear face of the shade; and a low reflecting region arranged on the front face of the shade, wherein a reflectance of the low reflecting region is lower than the reflectance of the high reflecting region.