Patent ID: 8106418

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element having an electrode; a lead including a first lead and a second lead, the first lead having a top surface which the light emitting element is mounted thereon and a bottom surface opposed to the top surface, the second lead having a lead peripheral region where a wire connected to the electrode of the light emitting element is bonded therewith; a package forming a recessed opening so as the top surface of the lead to be partially exposed in the bottom of the opening; and a sealing resin that seals the opening of the package, wherein the first lead comprises a lead middle region where the semiconductor light emitting element is mounted thereon to thermally conduct therewith, and a bottom surface of the lead middle region is exposed from the package, wherein the second lead has an outer lead region that is projected outwardly from the both side surfaces of the package at a bottom of the package, wherein the bottom surface of the first lead middle region is substantially coplanar with a bottom surface of the outer lead region, and wherein the second lead has a lead bent region that is positioned between the lead peripheral region and the outer lead region, the lead bent region being downwardly inclined at an oblique angle toward the outer lead region from the lead peripheral region and being embedded inside the package.