Patent ID: 7784984

Claim:
A vehicle lamp comprising: a lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a front and rear direction of the lamp; a light emitting element arranged rearward from the lens, wherein a light emitting chip of the light emitting element is arranged substantially at a rear side focal point of the lens and is provided in a skewed front direction inclined in an upper direction or a lower direction by a predetermined angle relative to a direction of a front face of the vehicle lamp; and a reflector arranged for reflecting light from the light emitting chip to the lens; wherein one part of the light from the light emitting chip is directly directed to the lens, and another part of the light from the light emitting chip is reflected by the reflector to the lens; wherein the reflector is configured so that a light distribution pattern formed by said one part of the light which is directly directed to the lens from the light emitting chip is smaller than a light distribution pattern formed by said another part of the light which is reflected by the reflector to the lens, wherein the two light distribution patterns combine to form a cut-off line portion having a higher brightness ratio than a cut-off line portion formed by the light distribution pattern of said another part of the light alone.