Patent ID: 8226285

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp apparatus comprising: a low beam lamp unit which forms a low beam distribution pattern having a cutoff line along an upper edge thereof; and an additional lamp unit which forms an additional light distribution pattern including an area above the cutoff line of the low beam distribution pattern, wherein the additional lamp unit is configured such that a luminous intensity of at least a portion of the additional light distribution pattern increases downward toward the cutoff line from above the cutoff line wherein the additional lamp unit comprises a light source; a light guide path including an upper reflective surface, a lower reflective surface, and an opening from which a light source image with a light emitted from the light source is emitted, and a projection lens through which the light source image is projected to form the additional light distribution pattern, the opening being formed between a front face of the upper reflective surface and a front face of the lower reflective surface; and the upper reflective surface and the lower reflective surface reflecting light from the light source.