Patent ID: 7841747

Claim:
A light emitting device, comprising a substrate having an upper surface; a housing having an upper surface and at least one sidewall, wherein the housing is mounted on the substrate thereby forming a cavity; a light emitting die mounted on the upper surface of the substrate within the cavity; a cup positioned within the cavity and supported by the housing, the cup having a continuous sidewall with a reflective inner surface surrounding the light emitting die and a lowermost edge that is suspended above, detached and spaced away from the upper surface of the substrate, wherein; the light emitting die has an upper surface through which light is emitted and a height that is measured from the upper surface of the substrate to the upper surface of the light emitting die; and a distance that the lowermost edge of the cup is spaced away from the upper surface of the substrate is less than the height of the light emitting die, wherein the lowermost edge of the cup is positioned substantially below the upper surface of the light emitting die; wherein the sidewall of the housing has a generally truncated, inverted-cone shaped inner surface and the sidewall of the cup has an outer surface, and the inner surface of the sidewall of the housing corresponds to the outer surface of the sidewall of the cup whereby heat dissipation through the sidewall of the cup is facilitated.