Patent ID: 8801247

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp employing a semiconductor-type light source as a light source, said headlamp comprising: the semiconductor-type light source having a light emitting chip; a reflector having a reflection surface configured to reflect light from the light emitting chip and to then emit the reflected light forward of a vehicle as a predetermined light distribution pattern; a holding member configured to hold the reflector and on which the semiconductor-type light source is disposed; a mount member that mounts the semiconductor-type light source on the holding member, the mount member being arranged above the holding member; and an optical member configured to optically process light directly radiated from the light emitting chip forward of the vehicle, the optical member being configured to shade a part of the light directly radiated, and the optical member being arranged above the mount member, wherein: the mount member and the optical member form an integrated structure such that the entire optical member is directly arranged above the mount member, the vehicle headlamp further comprises a fixing portion that fixes the mount member forming the integrated structure with the optical member to a surface of the holding member on which the semiconductor-type light source is disposed, the entire optical member is arranged above the holding member, and the semiconductor-type light source is mounted to the holding member via the mount member by fixing the mount member to the holding member with the fixing portion.