Patent ID: 8802459

Claim:
A fabrication method of a side-view type light emitting apparatus comprising: sandwiching first inner and outer lead portions of a first lead frame and second inner and outer lead portions of a second lead frame by an upper die and a lower die, leaving a space between the upper and lower die with a concave shape tapered to become smaller towards a bottom face positioned over the first and second inner lead portions; injecting a thermosetting resin containing a filler or a light diffusion agent from a gate disposed in a first side face of the upper die into and filling the space between the upper die and the lower die when the upper die is engaged with the lower die; heating up the injected thermosetting resin to mold a first resin molding body on top and bottom sides of the first and second inner lead portions, the first molding body having a concave portion shaped by the concave shape; mounting a light emitting device on the first lead frame within the concave portion after at least the upper die is released from the injected thermosetting resin; electrically connecting a first electrode of the light emitting device to the first lead frame and a second electrode of the light emitting device to the second lead frame; filling the concave portion of the first resin molding body with a second thermosetting resin where the light emitting device is mounted; heating up the second thermosetting resin to mold a second resin molding body; and bending the first and second lead frames; wherein the first resin molding body comprises a top surface including an oblong, ellipsoid, or rectangular opening of the concave portion and being substantially a rectangle, first and second short side faces perpendicular to the top surface with respective first and second short edges, and first and second long side faces perpendicular to the top surface with respective first and second long edges; wherein the first and second short edges and the first and second long edges form a perimeter of the top surface, and the first short side face is formed adjacent to the first side face of the upper die; wherein a first width of the top surface between the first short edge and the opening of the concave portion is greater than a second width of the top surface between the first long edge and the opening of the concave portion, and the second width is not more than 0.2 mm; and wherein the bending is performed such that at least a portion of the second outer lead portion is attached to the first short side face and the first long side face and extends towards the first short edge to be flush with the top surface, and at least a portion of the first outer lead portion is attached to the second short side face and extends towards the second short edge to be flush with the to surface.