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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Noriko Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Motohiro Komatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuo Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriko Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Motohiro Komatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuo Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light and a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle. The light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element. Alternatively, the vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light, and a mirror mounted on a rotating element and arranged to reflect the visible light from the at least one light source to forward of a vehicle. The vehicular headlamp also includes a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating element so as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright.