Patent ID: 8531108

Claim:
A headlamp for a vehicle, the headlamp comprising: a housing having a front opening; a lens cover arranged to cover the front opening of the housing; a lamp chamber defined by the housing and the lens cover; a light source provided in the lamp chamber; a lighting control circuit configured to control lighting of the light source; and a heat dissipating member arranged in the lamp chamber to dissipate heat generated by the light source, wherein the lighting control circuit is formed on a substrate; the heat dissipating member has a pillar portion and a plurality of heat dissipating fins, the pillar portion has the light source mounted thereto; the heat dissipating fins are provided on an outer periphery of the pillar portion so as to be spaced from one another, the pillar portion also has a recess formed therein, and the substrate is received in the recess of the pillar portion.