Patent ID: 7237934

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp comprising: a projection lens disposed on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a light source disposed rearward of a rear-side focal point of the projection lens, wherein the light source is configured with a light emitting portion of a light source bulb; a reflector for reflecting light from the light source forward and towards the optical axis, wherein the light source bulb is inserted from a side of the optical axis into the reflector at a position spaced apart downwardly from the optical axis; a shade for covering part of reflected light from the reflector and forming a low beam light-distribution pattern, wherein an upper end edge of the shade is positioned near the optical axis in the vicinity of the rear-side focal point; and an additional reflector provided between the light source bulb and the shade, for reflecting light from the light source laterally outwardly and diagonally forward of the vehicle through a gap between the reflector and the projection lens, and for forming an additional light-distribution pattern by a reflected light from the additional reflector, wherein the additional light-distribution pattern partially overlaps a laterally outward end portion of a basic light-distribution pattern formed by a light emitted from the light source, reflected by the reflector and transmitted through the projection lens.