Patent ID: 7350946

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp comprising: a projection lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a light source arranged behind a rear focus of the projection lens; a reflector for reflecting light from the light source in a forward direction toward a position on the optical axis forward with respect to the vicinity of the rear focus of the projection lens; a movable shade movable to shield part of the reflected light from the reflector; an actuator that moves the movable shade between a light shielding position and a light shielding alleviating position, wherein a low beam light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line is formed when the movable shade is in the light shielding position, and a high beam light distribution pattern is formed when the movable shade is in the light shielding alleviating position; and a light-gathering reflection surface for reflecting light from the light source toward the vicinity of the rear focus of the projection lens provided on a part of a reflection area of the reflector contributing to the formation of the horizontal cutoff line, wherein the light-gathering reflection surface is only arranged on one of a first side and second side of the optical axis, wherein the first side contributes to the low beam light distribution pattern provided below an upper part of the horizontal cutoff line and the second side contributes to the low beam light distribution pattern provided below a lower part of the horizontal cutoff line.