Patent ID: 7387417

Claim:
A vehicular headlamp constituted to form a luminous intensity distribution pattern for a low beam by irradiating light from a plurality of lamp piece units, each of said lamp piece units including a light source having a semiconductor light emitting element, wherein said plurality of lamp piece units comprise: at least one front irradiating lamp piece unit that directs light in a front direction of a vehicle; and at least one side irradiating lamp piece unit that directs light to an outer side in a vehicle width direction by an angle relative to the front direction, and wherein each at least one side irradiating lamp piece unit comprises: a reflector having a reflecting face comprising a curved face in a parabolic pillar shape and a focal line extending in a horizontal direction, said reflector diffusing light from said light source in said horizontal direction, said light source having said at least one semiconductor light emitting element and being arranged on the focal line.