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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Teppei Muramatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayuki Kondo, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeru Kuwahara, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp unit including a light source and being disposed inside a lamp outer casing, an actuator including a drive shaft and being detachable from a certain portion, a joint including a coupling portion and being detachable from the lamp unit, the coupling portion being coupled to the drive shaft in a state in which the joint is attached to the lamp unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of unit configuration portions including the light source. The lamp unit is formed with a communication space which opens at least downward. At least one of the unit configuration portions can be removed at least downward through the communication space in a state in which the actuator has been detached from the certain portion and the joint has been detached from the lamp unit.