Patent ID: 8687109

Claim:
A LED device comprising: a plurality of LED elements; a first lead frame mounting at least one of the LED elements; and a second lead frame, wherein a thickness of a region in the first lead frame on which the at least one LED element is mounted is thicker than other locations in the first lead frame, and the thicker region is of the same material as the other locations of the first lead frame, wherein the surface of the first lead frame on which the LED element is mounted is at the same level as the same surface of the second lead frame, and the thickness of the second lead frame in the region having the same surface is less than the thickness of the thicker region of the first lead frame on which the LED element is mounted, wherein the thickness of the region for mounting the LED element in the first lead frame is from 0.5 mm to 0.6 mm, and the thickness at the other locations in the first lead frame is 0.3 mm, and a recess containing the plurality of LED elements, wherein the second lead frame extends within the recess.