Patent ID: 8368110

Claim:
A side view light emitting diode (LED) package structure for mounting on a substrate, the side view LED package structure comprising: a package housing with an emitting opening and a dissipation opening; an LED chip disposed inside the package housing such that the LED chip is oriented to emit light out of the package housing via the emitting opening; two electrode leads electrically connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the LED chip, respectively, such that an external power is supplied to the LED chip via the two electrode leads; and a thermal conductive member not the same as either of the two electrode leads and having a first part and a second part connected to the first part, the first part penetrating through the dissipation opening and the second part being disposed outside the package housing, wherein: the LED chip is disposed on and thermally connected to a first surface of the first part of the thermal conductive member, the first surface of the first part of the thermal conductive member is perpendicular to a first surface of the substrate, the side view LED package structure is mounted on the first surface of the substrate, an upper surface of the LED chip is perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate, the second part of the thermal conductive member is thermally connected to the substrate, and the second part of the thermal conductive member extends towards the emitting opening along a direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate.