Patent 7672351 was granted and assigned to Sanyo on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A projection and a raised portion are formed on an upper surface of a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. A projection and a raised portion are formed on a lower surface of a red semiconductor laser device. The height of the projection is smaller than the height of the raised portion, and the height of the projection is smaller than the height of the raised portion. The blue-violet semiconductor laser device and the red semiconductor laser device are joined to each other such that the projections are opposed to each other.