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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Katsuhito Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Ashizawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Otaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuhito Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Ashizawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Otaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular headlamp including a light blocking moveable shade which is provided to rotate about a rotational axis line that extends in the width direction of a vehicle. The moveable shade is linked to an actuator via a link member and has an outwardly curved upper end edge that extends along the rear focal plane of a projection lens when the moveable shade is in the light shielding or light blocking position. The distance between the rotational axis line and a connection point of the moveable shade and the link member is set to be smaller than the distance between the rotational axis line and the upper end edge of the moveable shade, and the center of gravity of the moveable shade is positioned in the vicinity of the rotational axis line.