Patent ID: 6354718
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
A vehicular headlamp comprising:a light source bulb comprising a longitudinally extending filament and a shade covering a bottom area of the filament around a longitudinal axis of said filament at a central angle of approximately 165Â° so that light downwardly travelling from said filament is blocked by said shade; a reflector supporting said light source bulb and having a reflecting surface forwardly reflecting light from said filament, said light source bulb being supported by said reflector so that left and right upper edges of said shade are at substantially the same height and so that said longitudinal axis of said filament is upwardly offset from an optical axis of said reflector at a predetermined angle; a front lens disposed forward of said reflector; and means for downwardly deflecting light that has traveled from said filament past the upper edges of said shade and impinged on a traveling-lane-side reflection zone of said reflecting surface.