Patent ID: 7175322

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp comprising: a projection lens arranged on an optical axis extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a light source arranged behind a rear focal point of the projection lens; a reflector for reflecting light emitted from the light source toward the optical axis; a pair of left and right first additional reflectors arranged at an upper position or lower position of the optical axis between the reflector and projection lens; and a pair of left and right second additional reflectors, wherein the left second additional reflector is arranged on a left side of the left first additional reflector, and the right second additional reflector is arranged on a right side of the right first additional reflector, wherein the left first additional reflector reflects the light from the light source toward the right second additional reflector, and the right first additional reflector reflects the light from the light source toward the left second additional reflector, the second additional reflectors forward reflect the light from the first additional reflectors without being transmitted through the projection lens, and the left first additional reflector has a reflecting face formed in a ellipsoidal shape with a first focal point in the vicinity of the light source and a second focal point between the left first additional reflector and the right second additional reflector, and the right first additional reflector has a reflecting face formed in a ellipsoidal shape with a first focal point in the vicinity of the light source and a second focal point between the right first additional reflector and the left second additional reflector.