Patent ID: 8610166

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a first lead having an end portion; a light emitting element fixed on the end portion of the first lead; a second lead having an end portion, the second lead provided so as to be separated from the first lead and electrically connected to an electrode of the light emitting element via a metal wire bonded to the end portion of the second lead; a molded body made of a sealing resin and covering the light emitting element, the end portion of the first lead, and the end portion of the second lead; and a first groove in a front surface of the second lead, the first groove provided between a first portion of the second lead that is in contact with an outer edge of the molded body and a second portion of the second lead that is bonded to the metal wire, the first groove intersecting with a direction that is from the outer edge of the molded body to the second portion, filled with the sealing resin, and extending to an outer edge of the second lead and defining a boundary between the first portion and the second portion.