Patent ID: 8182117

Claim:
A light emitting element comprising: a housing member including an opening; a light emitting chip; and a base portion arranged to support the light emitting chip in the housing member; wherein the housing member includes a bottom portion and a wall portion; a portion of an inner wall surface of the wall portion is a tilted surface inclined toward the opening; a portion adjacent to the opening of the inner wall surface of the wall portion is a surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the bottom portion; the base portion includes a support surface arranged to support the light emitting chip; the base portion has a raised shape, the support surface is at the top of the raised surface, and an outer side surface of the raised shape defines an optical action surface that receives and reflects light emitted from the light emitting chip; and the base portion is arranged to protrude from the bottom portion of the housing member toward the opening and is tapered toward the support surface.