Patent ID: 8319320

Claim:
An LED module comprising: a board; an interconnection formed on an upper surface of the board; and a plurality of LED packages mounted on a central region of the board, each of the LED packages including: first and second lead frames disposed to be apart from each other, and connected to portions of the interconnection insulated from each other; an LED chip provided above the first and second lead frames, the LED chip having one terminal connected to the first lead frame and another terminal connected to the second lead frame; and a resin body covering an upper surface, a portion of a lower surface, and a portion of an edge surface of each of the first and second lead frames, also covering the LED chip, but exposing a remaining portion of the lower surface and a remaining portion of the edge surface, an appearance of the resin body being an appearance of the LED package, a first projected portion being formed at a lower surface of the first lead frame and a second projected portion being formed at a lower surface of the second lead frame, the first lead frame having a first edge and the second lead frame having a second edge, the first edge and the second edge facing each other, the first projected portion being formed in a region being apart from the first edge, and the second projected portion being formed in a region being apart from the second edge, a lower surface of the first projected portion and a lower surface of the second projected portion being exposed on a lower surface of the resin body, all of side surfaces of the first projected portion and all of side surfaces of the second projected portion being covered with the resin body, a lower surface of a first thin plate portion of the first lead frame and a lower surface of a second thin plate portion of the second lead frame being covered with the resin body, the first thin plate portion including the first edge and the second lead frame including the first second.