Patent ID: 7837369

Claim:
A light-emitting device comprising: a plurality of light-emitting elements; an element substrate on which the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed; a plate-shaped sealing member having a lens array in which a plurality of lenses are arranged and sealing the plurality of light-emitting elements together with the element substrate; a spacer disposed between the element substrate and the plate-shaped sealing member for maintaining a distance between the light-emitting elements and the lenses, the spacer including inclined portions integrated with the sealing member, the inclined portions being formed in a tapered shape in a manner such that the spacer becomes narrower as it becomes farther from the sealing member, the spacer being provided with a plurality of sealing cavities such that the spacer is disposed between each sealing cavity, at least one lens of the plurality of lenses being disposed so as to overlap each of the sealing cavities, and the light-emitting elements are disposed in each of the sealing cavities so as to overlap the corresponding lenses; and an absorbent that absorbs at least either one of moisture and oxygen, the absorbent being disposed in each of the sealing cavities.