Patent ID: 7101067

Claim:
A headlamp assembly for producing high and low beam patterns, said headlamp assembly comprising: a housing including a reflector having high and low beam reflector surfaces; a light source disposed within said housing for producing light rays projecting towards said high and low beam reflector surfaces; a movable shield operatively mounted about said light source, said shield including a plurality of louvers secured to a respective plurality of shafts wherein said plurality of louvers surrounds said light source, certain ones of said plurality of louvers including a cutout; a drive operatively connected to said shield for effecting movement thereof between a low beam position and a high beam position; and said shield configured to block light emitted from said light source and projected towards said high beam reflector surfaces and allow light to project through said cutouts of said shield towards said low beam reflector surfaces when said shield is in said low beam position, and allow light emitted from said light source to project towards both said high and low beam reflector surfaces when in said high beam position.