Patent ID: 8809896

Claim:
A surface-mount type light emitting device comprising: a package having a recess and a side face comprising a first side face and a second side face; a pair of lead frames buried in the package so that one end of each lead frame is exposed at a bottom of the recess and another end of each lead frame protrudes from the first side face of the side face of the package; a light emitting element disposed on an exposed portion of at least one of the pair of lead frames; and an encapsulant filling the recess, wherein the package comprises a side face protruding portion disposed on the side face of the package so as to protrude from the first side face and to completely cover a top of a protruding portion of the lead frames, the side face protruding portion having the second side face of the side face so as to protrude from the first side face, wherein a length of the first side face in a direction perpendicular to a bottom face of the package is larger than a length of the second side face in the perpendicular direction, and wherein the first side face comprises a first face segment above the second side face in the perpendicular direction and a second face segment below the second side face in the perpendicular direction, wherein the first face segment and the second face segment are coplanar.