Vehicle lighting device

A vehicle lighting device comprising:

• a light source;
• a projector lens located in a front direction of the light source, the projector lens having an optical axis in a front/back direction and having a focus between the projector lens and the light source;
• a first reflection surface located in a back direction of the projector lens, the first reflection surface configured to reflect light from the light source toward the projector lens and to direct light, which is reflected by the first reflection surface, to a location substantially at the focus of the projector lens;
• a shade which includes an upper rim, the upper rim being movable between a light blocking position where the upper rim is substantially at the focus of the projector lens, and a retracting position where the upper rim is spaced further away from the focus of the projector lens than when in the blocking position;
• a second reflection surface located in a back surface of the shade, the second reflection surface configured to reflect a part of the light, which is reflected by the first reflection surface and is travelling toward the projector lens, in the downward direction, when the shade is in the light blocking position;
• a third reflection surface located below the focus of the projector lens, the third reflection surface configured to reflect light, which was reflected by the second reflection surface, in the front direction to allow light which is reflected by the third reflection surface to be emitted in the front direction in such a way that the light which is reflected by the third reflection surface passes below the projector lens, when the shade is in the light blocking position;
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• a pair of left and right fourth reflection surfaces located below the focus of the projector lens, the pair of fourth reflection surfaces configured to reflect the light, which was reflected by the second reflection surface, in a diagonally forward right direction and a diagonally forward left direction, respectively, to allow light which is reflected by the pair of fourth reflection surfaces to be emitted in the diagonally forward right direction and the diagonally forward left direction in such a way that the light which is reflected by the pair of fourth reflection surfaces passes below the projector lens, when the shade is in the light blocking position,
• wherein when the shade is in the light blocking position, an area illuminated with the light reflected from the third reflection surface and the pair of fourth reflection surfaces is below a horizontal plane passing through the optical axis of the projector lens, so that a first light distribution pattern of a low beam is formed,
• wherein when the shade is in the light blocking position, an area illuminated with the light which is reflected by the first reflection surface toward the projector lens and is emitted through the projector lens in the front direction is below the horizontal plane passing through the optical axis of the projector lens, so that a second light distribution pattern of a low beam is formed,
• wherein when the shade is in the light blocking position, at least a portion of the area illuminated with light reflected from the third reflection surface and the pair of fourth reflection surfaces overlaps at least a portion of the area illuminated with light which is reflected by the first reflection surface toward the projector lens and is emitted through the projector lens in the front direction, and
• wherein the third reflection surface is formed around the fourth reflection surface on the right, left and lower sides thereof.