Patent ID: 8608357
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headlamp comprising: a lamp unit adapted to incorporate a light source therein; a bracket adapted to turnably support the lamp unit around an upper support shaft and a lower support shaft that are formed coaxially with each other; and an actuator adapted to turn the lamp unit through the lower support shaft, the upper support shaft being retained on the bracket via a bearing holder, wherein: the bearing holder is formed integrally with a fixing portion for the bracket, a bearing holding portion adapted to hold a bearing for inserting the upper support shaft, and a spring portion adapted to compress a tip end of the upper support shaft; the fixing portion includes the bearing holding portion adapted to hold the bearing on a flat plate member such that a center of the bearing is positioned in a plane including the flat plate member; the fixing portion is provided with an elongated hole that is adjacent to the bearing holding portion and that extends in a direction crossing the upper support shaft; the tip end of the upper support shaft to be inserted into the bearing is configured so as to be positioned in the elongated hole; the spring portion includes a first extension portion that is extended to be bent from the fixing portion to the flat plate member, a curved portion, and a second extension portion that is extended so as to be loosely engaged into the elongated hole of the fixing portion; and the second extension portion is loosely engaged into the elongated hole in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to a direction of the flat plate member of the fixing portion, and is configured so as to compress the tip end of the upper support shaft.