Patent ID: 8067779

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element; a first lead including a recess in one end portion, the recess including a first bottom surface with the light emitting element bonded thereto, at least one of a through hole and a notch, and a light shielding portion capable of suppressing leakage of emitted light from the light emitting element from the one of the through hole and the notch; wherein the light shielding portion is a bent portion formed by bending a prescribed region of the first lead toward the light emitting element, and the one of the through hole and the notch is a spaced formed in the prescribed region; a second lead opposed to the first lead; and a molded body filling the one of the through hole and the notch, covering the light emitting element, embedding at least part of the first lead and at least part of the second lead, and made of a translucent resin.