Patent ID: 7090385

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp configured to form a light distribution pattern having a cut-off line formed at an upper end portion thereof by a lamp unit comprising: a light source disposed substantially in an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a reflector for gathering and reflecting light originating from said light source toward a front of said vehicle headlamp and around said optical axis; a projection lens disposed ahead of said reflector; and a shade disposed at a rear focal point of said projection lens, said shade interrupting a portion of said light reflected from said reflector, said shade formed of a plate-like member wherein; a pivot member is disposed along a horizontal axis extending in a transverse direction of said vehicle substantially below said optical axis and configured to pivot about said horizontal axis; an indented section extends in a transverse direction of said vehicle formed in a portion of an outer peripheral surface of said shade in a circumferential direction; and two areas in said outer peripheral surface of said shade in said circumferential direction are formed as a first distributed light generation section for generating a light distribution pattern for a left-distributed low beam and a second distributed light generation section for generating a light distribution pattern for a right-distributed low beam, wherein said indented section of said shade is formed as a third distributed light generation section for generating a light distribution pattern for a high beam.