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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Katsuhito Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Matsunaga, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeyuki Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyotaka Fukawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Hori, Shizuoka, JP;
Masatoshi Yoneyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp body having a hollow portion opening forward, a support member supported tiltably in the lamp body, and a plurality of reflectors supported side by side in one of the vertical and lateral directions by the support member. Each reflector is made to support a corresponding light source and least one of the reflectors is pivotably supported by the support member in the horizontal direction. In one embodiment, a lower reflector is pivotable in the horizontal direction and a low beam is formed by an upper reflector and the light source supported by the upper reflector. In this embodiment, the upper reflector does not have any portion that does not affect luminous distribution.