Vehicular headlamp

A vehicular headlamp, comprising:

• a box-like lamp body;
• an outer cover mounted on said body for defining a lamp room with said body;
• a main beam unit accommodated in said lamp room for radiating a main beam;
• a sub-beam unit accommodated in said lamp room for radiating a sub-beam, said sub-beam unit being constituted by a first projection type lamp having an elliptic reflector, a projection lens and a holder connecting said reflector to said projection lens;
• means for supporting said main beam unit and said sub-beam unit, said supporting means pivots within said lamp room together with said main beam unit and said sub-beam unit;
• and
• an aiming means for vertically and laterally pivoting said supporting means, said aiming means comprising a first aiming mechanism for vertically pivoting said supporting means and a second aiming mechanism for laterally pivoting said supporting means, said first vertical aiming mechanism comprises:
• a pivot axis fixedly connected on a back wall of said lamp body at an upper and substantially center position in the lateral direction thereof;
• a receiving member having a concave part fixed to said supporting means at an upper center position thereof;
• a ball member unitary formed with a front end of said pivot axis, said ball member being rotatably fitted in said concave part of said receiving member;
• an adjusting shaft having a threaded portion at a front half thereof rotatably supported on said back wall of said lamp body at a position lower than the position on which said pivot axis is supported;
• and
• a nut member fixed to said supporting means at a position lower than the position on which said receiving member is fixed, and said threaded portion of said adjusting shaft is threadably engaged with said nut,
• and said second lateral aiming mechanism comprising:
• an adjusting shaft having a threaded portion at a front half thereof rotatably supported on said back wall of said lamp body at a right most position thereof horizontally spaced apart from the position on which said pivot axis is fixed;
• and
• a nut member secured to said supporting means, said nut member being threadably engaged with said threaded portion of said adjusting shaft.