Vehicular headlamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorHirohiko Ohshio
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Abstract
A shade driving unit is provided below a discharge bulb, and a fixed shade for covering a movable shade is provided close to the front side of the movable shade to conceal substantially the shade moving mechanism of the shade driving unit. Moreover, the shade leg portion of the fixed shade is fitted to a fixed shade-leg fitting projection formed below a reflector from its rear side to conceal substantially the mounting structure. Further, a pair of lateral upright walls extending from the fixed shade-leg fitting projection is formed below the reflector. The shade moving mechanism can thus be substantially concealed from either side of the fixed shade, even from a laterally shifted viewpoint from the front of the lamp.
Claims9
A vehicular headlamp comprising:
- a light source;
- a reflector, disposed behind the light source, for forwardly reflecting light from the light source;
- a reflector, disposed in front of the light source, blocking part of light incident on the reflector from the light source;
- a shade driving unit, configured below the light source, for moving the reflector to at least two positions;
- a fixed shade, disposed in front of the reflector, for covering the reflector;
- a pair of lateral upright wall portions, formed beside the shade driving unit, substantially concealing the shade driving unit;
- a projection, connected to the upright wall portions, anchoring the fixed shade at below the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.