Patent ID: 7775699

Claim:
A bi-functional vehicle headlamp comprising: a light source; a reflector disposed around the light source for collecting and reflecting light emitted from the light source, the light source and the reflector cooperating to form a light pattern; a lens positioned forward of the reflector for receiving light emitted by the light source and reflected by the reflector, and for projecting a desired beam pattern from the headlamp; and a light shield disposed between the lens and the reflector, the shield having a first shade that selectively blocks a first portion of the light pattern and a second shade that selectively blocks a second portion of the light pattern, where the first shade selectively blocks the first portion of the light pattern while the second shade is not blocking the second portion of the light pattern to form a low beam pattern, and the second shade selectively blocks a second portion of the light pattern while the first shade is not blocking any portion of the light pattern, to form a high beam pattern.