Patent ID: 7073931

Claim:
A vehicular headlamp used in an automobile, comprising: a light source operable to generate light; a light transmitting member formed from material transmitting said light; a reflector, formed on at least a part of a surface of said light transmitting member, operable to reflect said light incident via said light transmitting member from said light source, said reflector having an optical center near said light source; and a lens, formed integrally with said light transmitting member, operable to deflect said light reflected by said reflector to direct said light to an outside of said vehicular headlamp, wherein said vehicular headlamp emits light ahead of the automobile, said light transmitting member transmits said light reflected by said reflector ahead, a light blocking member formed from material transmitting no light generated by said light source integrally with said light transmitting member is further provided for blocking a part of said light transmitted ahead by said light transmitting member at an edge, said reflector reflects said light generated by said light source toward a position near said edge of said light blocking member, and said lens irradiates light that forms at least a part of a cut line for defining a boundary between a bright region and a dark region in a light distribution pattern of said vehicular headlamp based on a shape of at least a part of said edge of said light blocking member.