Patent ID: 8334585
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A light emitting diode (LED) package, comprising: an upper metal plate having an LED-receiving hole; a lower metal plate combined mounted to a lower surface of the upper metal plate via an insulator disposed therebetween, wherein a portion of the lower metal plate is exposed via the LED-receiving hole in the upper metal plate and wherein the lower metal plate has an LED support which projects upward from an upper surface thereof and which is located on the exposed portion thereof; an LED mounted on the projected LED support to be supported thereon and electrically connected to the upper and lower metal plates; and a protective cover disposed on the upper metal plate, wherein the LED support is formed to be completely filled in a hole of the insulator formed at a position corresponding to the LED-receiving hole of the upper metal plate, so that the LED support is exposed all over the LED-receiving hole via the LED-receiving hole.