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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Noriko Okada, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriko Okada, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A headlamp includes a light source, a first auxiliary reflector disposed below a reflector, and a plurality of second auxiliary reflectors disposed on a front side of the first auxiliary reflector at a predetermined interval along a vertical direction. The light source is a line light source extending in a width direction of a vehicle. A sectional shape of a reflecting surface of the first auxiliary reflector taken along a vertical plane that is parallel to the optical axis is a shape of a parabola having an axis line downwardly extending in the forward direction at a predetermined downward inclination angle. A sectional shape of a reflecting surface of each of the second auxiliary reflectors taken along the vertical plane has a shape of a substantially straight line downwardly extending in the forward direction at a downward inclination angle which is smaller than the predetermined downward inclination angle.