Patent ID: 8038334

Claim:
A vehicular headlamp unit using a light-emitting element as a light source comprising: a projection lens arranged on an optical axis that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and first and second light source units arranged rearward of the projection lens, wherein the first light source unit comprises: a first light-emitting element arranged in a vicinity of the optical axis further rearward than a rear-side focal point of the projection lens, a first reflector arranged so as to cover the first light-emitting element from above and structured so as to reflect light from the first light-emitting element forward toward the optical axis, and a first mirror component having an upward-facing reflective surface that extends rearward generally along the optical axis from a vicinity of the rear-side focal point so as to reflect a portion of the reflected light from the first reflector upward, and wherein the second light source unit comprises: a second mirror component comprising a downward-facing reflective surface that extends diagonally downward toward a lamp rear side from a front end edge of the upward-facing reflective surface, a second light-emitting element arranged on the second mirror component facing forward and diagonally downward below the optical axis, a second reflector structured so as to reflect light from the second light-emitting element upward and generally converge the reflected light from the second reflector at a region in a vicinity of the rear-side focal point on the downward-facing reflective surface, and a third reflector arranged downward of the second light-emitting element which reflects light from the second light-emitting element forward so that such light passes through a space below the projection lens.