Patent ID: 7008092

Claim:
A vehicular headlamp comprising: a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a transparent front cover; a light source unit housed in the lamp chamber; a reflector integrated with the light source unit, said reflector having a substantially ellipsoidal reflecting surface; a light source provided in the light source unit and disposed in the vicinity of a focal point of the reflector; a cylindrical lens holder attached to an opened end of the reflector, said cylindrical lens holder having an additional opening at its upper side; a convex lens disposed in front of the reflector through the cylindrical lens holder wherein light external from the lamp chamber can enter through the additional opening and be reflected out through the convex lens; and a glare light protection shade for preventing glare light emitted by the light source from passing through the additional opening of the cylindrical lens holder, and for reflecting out through the convex lens, light that is external from the lamp chamber and that enters through the additional opening, said glare light protection shade being provided between the light source and the additional opening.