Patent ID: 7972046

Claim:
A vehicle lighting device employing a semiconductor-type light source as a light source and having a plurality of reflecting surfaces, said device comprising: a first reflecting surface which is an elliptical reflecting surface to which a majority of light radiated from the semiconductor-type light source is incident; the semiconductor-type light source being disposed at or near a first focal point of the first reflecting surface; and parabolic reflecting surfaces, having an optical axis upward of the first reflecting surface, for controlling reflected light from the first reflecting surface and reflecting the controlled reflected light as a predetermined main light distribution pattern on a road surface, wherein: the parabolic reflecting surfaces are a plurality of longitudinally divided surfaces; among the plurality of parabolic reflecting surfaces, the parabolic reflecting surface of an opposite lane side is positioned at a light reflecting direction relative to the parabolic reflecting surface of a driving lane side; and longitudinal steps between the plurality of parabolic reflecting surfaces which are longitudinally divided, are oriented to the driving lane side.