Patent ID: 6882110

Claim:
A headlamp for a vehicle which is constituted to form a light distribution pattern for a low beam, comprising: a plurality of lighting units using semiconductor light emitting elements as light sources, wherein a cutoff line forming unit for carrying out a light irradiation to form a cutoff line of the light distribution pattern for a low beam, a hot zone forming unit for carrying out a light irradiation to form a hot zone of the light distribution pattern for a low beam and a diffusion region forming unit for carrying out a light irradiation to form a diffusion region of the light distribution pattern for a low beam are used as the lighting units; wherein the cutoff line forming unit, the hot zone forming unit and the diffusion region forming unit are provided in three stages; said three stages being an upper stage, lower stage, and middle stage; and said cutoff line forming unit is positioned in the middle stage.