Light emitting apparatus containing sealing member to cover planar light emitter

A light emitting apparatus comprising:

• a planar light emitter having a light emitting surface and a back surface disposed on a back side of the light emitting surface;
• a sealing member disposed so as to cover the planar light emitter from both sides of the light emitting surface and the back surface and forming a sealing region sealing the planar light emitter;
• and
• a flexible wiring board including a base material, a conductor disposed on a surface of the base material and electrically connected to the planar light emitter, and a cover disposed so as to cover the conductor and extending from the sealing region to an outside, wherein
• the sealing member has a drawing port opened at a periphery of the sealing member when the light emitting surface and the back surface are viewed in plan view for drawing the flexible wiring board to the outside, and
• in either one of the cover and the base material, in a cross section including the drawing port, a cutout portion is formed such that the width of either one of the cover and the base material in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the planar light emitter is smaller than the width of the other of the cover and the base material in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the planar light emitter.