Patent ID: 7115979

Claim:
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) package comprising: an LED chip; a resin body having an integral cup part housing the LED chip, the cup part having a step formed in the outer circumference of the top thereof; a lens unit mounted on the cup part, said lens unit having a lens and an integral flange extending downward from the outer circumference of the lens along an outside wall of the cup part to form a gap between the flange and the step of the cup part and to seal the gap from the outside; resin material filling a space formed between the underside of the lens and the cup part and at least partially the gap formed between the step of the cup part and the lens flange; and a fastening arrangement comprising: a hook integral with the bottom of the lens flange; and a projection which is integral with the outside wall of the resin body and which is configured to be engaged by the hook, whereby the resin material is prevented from leaking out of the LED package.