Patent ID: 7201505

Claim:
A projector type vehicle headlamp comprising: a reflector; a light source; a projection lens; a rotational shade rotatable and extending in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the projection lens substantially at a right angle for forming a light distribution pattern by partially shielding a light from a reflector side towards the projection lens; and a motor for driving the rotational shade, wherein the light distribution pattern is one of a low beam, a high beam or another beam, the rotational shade includes a first light shielding portion for the low beam, a second light shielding portion for the high beam, and a third light shielding portion for the other beam, and the first light shielding portion, the second light shielding portion and the third light shielding portion are radially disposed on a rotational axis of the rotational shade, wherein between the second light shielding portion and the third light shielding portion, the first light shielding portion is disposed.