Patent ID: 6837601

Claim:
A lighting system for a vehicle having a light source and a reflector for forward reflecting light emitted from the light source and constituted to carry out beam irradiation toward a forward road of the vehicle in a predetermined light distribution pattern, the lighting system comprising: a movable shade laterally surrounding the light source to shield a part of light emitted from the light source toward a reflecting surface of the reflector, and a shade driving device for moving the movable shade between two positions in a longitudinal direction, wherein light emitted toward an outer peripheral region of the reflecting surface is shielded to permit only light incidence on an inner peripheral region of the reflecting surface when the movable shade is moved to a forward position, while light emitted toward the inner peripheral region of the reflecting surface is shielded to permit only light incidence on the outer peripheral region of the reflecting surface when the movable shade is moved to a rearward position.