Patent ID: 7410282

Claim:
A headlamp for a vehicle comprising: a headlamp body; and a plurality of lighting modules disposed in said headlamp body, wherein said modules include a first lighting module comprising a light-emitting element adapted to be connected to a source of electricity; a reflector disposed adjacent said light-emitting element; a non-pivoting shield spaced from said reflector and having a reflective upper surface; and a lens spaced from said reflector and said shield, wherein said reflector is adapted to direct light rays emitted from said light-emitting element to the reflective upper surface of said shield and said shield is adapted to reflect the light rays directed onto the reflective upper surface thereof directly to said lens, wherein one of said shield and said lens is movable in at least one of a vertical direction (V) and a horizontal direction (H) to change the lighting module between operation in a low beam mode and a high beam mode, wherein the vertical direction (V) and the horizontal direction (H) are in relation to a plane defined by a position of said light-emitting element and said lens; and a second lighting module comprising a reflector having a plurality of sidewalls and adapted to reflect light rays in a desired direction; a light-emitting element adapted to be connected to a source of electricity and to emit light rays, said light-emitting element disposed substantially outside of a void space defined by the plurality of sidewalls of said reflector, wherein at least one of said light-emitting element and said reflector is movable in a horizontal direction (F) with respect to an other of said light-emitting element and said reflector to change the lighting module between operation in a low beam mode and a high beam mode.