Patent ID: 8360626

Claim:
A lamp unit for a vehicle headlamp, the lamp unit comprising: a projection lens having an optical axis configured to extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a light emitting device disposed behind a rear focal point of the projection lens such that a light emitting axis of the light emitting device is oriented substantially orthogonal to the optical axis of the projection lens; a reflector disposed to cover light emitted from the light emitting device and to reflect the light toward the projection lens; a first shade configured and disposed to partially block the light reflected by the reflector; the first shade comprising: a first light cutting edge configured to form a first cutoff line along an upper edge of a light distribution pattern; and an auxiliary reflecting surface extending from the first light cutting edge towards the light emitting device in a direction of the optical axis and configured to partially reflect, toward the projection lens, the light reflected by the reflector; and a second shade arranged to extend from a front edge of the reflector toward the auxiliary reflecting surface.