Patent ID: 8104923

Claim:
A light-emitting apparatus comprising: a storage case that includes a base board having a concave portion and a lid portion covering the concave portion; and a plurality of light-emitting elements that are disposed on an inner surface of the case, wherein an opening is formed in the lid portion, a plurality of cavities that are branched from the position directly underneath the opening are formed in the case, an inner surface of each of the cavities is a light-reflecting surface and is constituted of a parabolic surface and a flat surface opposing the parabolic surface, a focal position of the parabolic surface is positioned on the flat surface, respective ones of the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed at the focal positions of respective ones of the plurality of cavities, the light-reflecting surface guides light emitted by the light-emitting elements as light sources to a position directly underneath the opening, a reflecting portion is formed directly underneath the opening so as to reflect the light emitted by the light-emitting elements toward the opening, and a front end portion of the reflecting portion is disposed near the opening.