Patent ID: 7661861

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp for illuminating front of a vehicle with light in a light-distribution pattern, the vehicle headlamp comprising: a light source; a reflector that reflects light from the light source; a projection lens that projects reflected light from the reflector; and a shade that blocks part of the reflected light directed toward the projection lens from the reflector to form the light-distribution pattern having cut-off lines, wherein the cut-off lines are formed based on a vertical reference axis and a horizontal reference axis, and include a diagonal cut-off line, a first horizontal cut-off line extending horizontally from a first end of the diagonal cut-off line, and a second horizontal cut-off line extending horizontally from a second end of the diagonal cut-off line, the shade includes a diagonal edge that forms the diagonal cut-off line, a second horizontal edge that forms the first horizontal cut-off line, and a first horizontal edge that forms the second horizontal cut-off line, and a first intersection, which is an intersection of the diagonal edge and the first horizontal edge, is horizontally deviated from a first reference position, which is located on the vertical reference axis, in a direction opposite to a second intersection, which is an intersection of the diagonal edge and the second horizontal edge.