Light emitting diode and method for producing it

摘要

A light emitting diode is composed of a generally T-shaped body section ( 36 ) and a resin forming section ( 37 ) projected on a front surface of the body section ( 36 ). The body section ( 36 ) has an upright portion ( 32 ) inserted into a hole ( 51 ) provided in a motherboard ( 50 ) and base portions ( 31 a and 31 b) which extend from the upright portion and which are mounted on a peripheral edge of the hole ( 51 ). The resin forming section ( 37 ) includes a non-translucent frame ( 40 ) extending from a front surface of the upright portion ( 32 ) and an extension part ( 41 ) further projecting forwardly larger than the frame. The extension part ( 41 ) has a mounted portion ( 42 ) mounted on the peripheral edge of the hole ( 51 ) of the motherboard ( 50 ). Mounted in the concave portion ( 44 ) provided in the frame ( 40 ) is a light emitting diode element ( 34 ), which is sealed by a sealing body ( 45 ) of a translucent resin.