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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Takori, Wako, JP;
Go Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Taku Kuraishi, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A headlamp is configured to emit a low beam toward a forward direction of a vehicle. The headlamp is switchable between a first low beam distribution state and a second low beam distribution state. The headlamp is configured to, in the first low beam distribution state, illuminate a low area straight ahead of the vehicle, and in the second low beam distribution state, illuminate at least one of: a width-direction intermediate portion of the low area, one width-direction end portion of the low area, and the other width-direction end portion of the low area, even brighter than the first low beam distribution state.