Patent ID: 7575351

Claim:
A vehicular headlamp capable of being respectively disposed on a right side and a left side of a vehicle body, the vehicular headlamp comprising: a lamp unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and a front cover, wherein light emitted from a light source of the lamp unit is reflected and radiated therefrom; a first reflector disposed fixed with respect to the light source; a second reflector rotatable in a direction that opens and closes a reflective surface of the first reflector, wherein the second reflector comprises a connecting shaft that projects in a direction generally perpendicular to an optical axis of the light source; a bracket rotatably supporting the second reflector via a shaft that extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the optical axis of the light source; an actuator attached to the bracket, wherein the actuator comprises: a body; and a driving rod that projects from a portion other than a center portion of the body and moves in an axial direction; and an attachment comprising: an insertion hole into which the driving rod of the actuator is inserted and first and second connection holes into which the connecting shaft of the second reflector is inserted, wherein the first connection hole and the second connection hole of the attachment open one way and open in opposite directions, and wherein the actuator is capable of being respectively attached to the bracket of the lamp unit on the left side and the bracket of the lamp unit on the right side in orientations that differ by a rotation of 180 degrees in a shaft rotating direction of the driving rod, with the connecting shaft of the second reflector on the left inserted into the first connection hole, and the connecting shaft of the second reflector on the right side inserted into the second connection hole.