Patent ID: 8610156

Claim:
A light emitting device package comprising: a housing including a cavity and an upper housing section over a lower housing section; a light emitting device positioned in the cavity; a lead frame including a first section which is electrically connected to the light emitting device and overlaps the cavity, a second section which is coupled to the first section and disposed between the upper housing section and the lower housing section, and a third section which is coupled to the second section and at least partially overlaps an external surface of the lower housing section; and a metal layer disposed in a gap between the upper housing section and the second section of the lead frame and disposed on the third section, wherein the gap is formed from an edge region of the upper housing section to a central region of the upper housing section corresponding to the second section of the lead frame, and wherein a first portion of a bottom surface of the upper housing section directly contacts the lead frame and a second portion of the bottom surface of the upper housing section adjacent to the first portion directly contacts the metal layer formed on the lead frame in the gap.