Patent ID: 7422338
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element; a plurality of lead frames to which the light emitting element is electrically connected; and a package coupled to said lead frames so that at least part of said lead frames is disposed in an interior of the package and at least one end of said lead frames protrudes outward from the package, the package containing the light emitting element therein and forming an opening for taking light from the light emitting element, the package extending in the lengthwise direction, the package including a concave portion formed in an outer wall surface of at least part of the package so that the lead frames protruding outward from the package are accommodated in the concave portion, the package including at least a pair of wall sections facing each other in the widthwise direction of the package to form said opening, each of the wall sections including at least a first wall surface disposed adjacent to the light emitting element, a second wall surface that is offset from the first wall surface in the widthwise direction and in the lengthwise direction of the package, and a third wall surface that links the first wall surface and the second wall surface so that portions of the wall section corresponding to the second wall surface and the third wall surface are formed thicker than a portion of the wall section corresponding to the first wall surface.