Patent ID: 7888699

Claim:
A light emitting device, comprising: a resin case including a concave portion comprising a reflector portion surrounding a light emitting element; a first lead and a second lead that are formed of a metal, exposed at a bottom of the concave portion of the resin case, and disposed away from each other in a predetermined direction; and a resin sealing material filled in the concave portion, wherein the first lead comprises a light emitting element mounting portion which is located at a center of the bottom of the concave portion and on which the light emitting element is mounted through a bonding material, a first wire connection portion to which a first wire extending from one electrode of the light emitting element is connected, a first bleed-out preventing notch formed between the light emitting element mounting portion and the first wire connection portion, and an opposite notch formed opposite the first bleed-out preventing notch with respect to the light emitting element mounting portion, wherein the second lead comprises a protective device mounting portion on which a protective device is mounted through a bonding material, a second wire connection portion to which a second wire extending from another electrode of the light emitting element is connected, and a second bleed-out preventing notch formed between the protective device mounting portion and the second wire connection portion, and wherein the first lead and the second lead are arranged such that, in the predetermined direction, the light emitting element mounting portion directly faces and partially protrudes into the second bleed-out preventing notch that is shaped to receive the light emitting element mounting portion, the first wire connection portion is opposed to the protective device mounting portion, and the opposite notch is opposed to the second wire connection portion.