Patent ID: 8487418

Claim:
An LED package comprising: (2×n) (n is an integer of 2 or more) lead frames arranged to be apart from each other; n LED chips above the lead frames, each of the n LED chips having one terminal connected to each of n lead frames of the (2×n) lead frames and another terminal connected to each of lead frames of the (2×n) lead frames other than the n lead frames, and the n LED chips being mounted on same one of the lead frame; and a transparent resin body covering an entire upper surface, a portion of a lower surface, and a portion of an edge surface of each of the (2×n) lead frames, but exposing a remaining portion of the lower surface and a remaining portion of the edge surface and covering the n LED chips, the resin body having a rectangular shape seen from above, the lead frame on which the n LED chips are mounted including: a first base portion; and three first extending portions extending from the first base portion, a tip edge surface of each of the three first extending portions being exposed on each of three different side surfaces of the transparent resin body, side surfaces and lower surfaces of the three first extending portions being covered by the transparent resin body, each of the lead frames other than the lead frame on which the n LED chips are mounted including: a second base portion; and a second extending portion extending from the second base portion, a tip edge surface of the second extending portion being exposed on the side surface of the transparent resin body, side surfaces and lower surface of the second extending portions being covered by the transparent resin body, each of the first base portion and the second base portion including: a thin plate portion, a lower surface of the thin plate portion being covered by the transparent resin body; and a projected portion, a lower surface of the projected portion being exposed on a lower surface of the transparent resin body, and side surfaces of the projected portion being covered with the transparent resin body, and the appearance of the transparent resin body being the appearance of the LED package.