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 (31a and 31b) 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.
