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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Hiroki Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazutami Oishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroki Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazutami Oishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a vehicle headlight. The vehicle headlight includes: a light source configured to emit light; a reflector reflecting the light; a projection lens projecting the light; a stationary shade blocking a part of the light emitted from the light source; a movable shade supported by the stationary shade as to move between a shielding position and a non-shielding position and configured to block a part of the light emitted from the light source; a drive mechanism including: a yoke; a coil disposed in the yoke; and an output shaft configured to move in an axial direction thereof in response to current supplied to the coil, and a transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force of the drive mechanism to the movable shade. At least a part of the yoke of the drive mechanism is formed in a single piece with the stationary shade.