Patent ID: 7004035

Claim:
A physical value detecting apparatus comprising: a housing having a concave portion, inner walls and a bottom portion, physical value detecting means housed in the concave portion and having a substantially rectangular shape for converting a physical value into an electric signal and for outputting the electric signal, means for taking out the electrical signal from the physical value detecting means, adhesive means for adhering the physical value detecting means to the concave portion so that the physical value detecting means is supported on the bottom portion via the adhesive means, positioning means formed on the inner walls of the housing for positioning the physical value detecting means in the concave portion, and first relief parts formed in the inner walls of the housing at portions facing corners of the physical value detecting means, each first relief part being located so that a distance between the first relief part and the physical value detecting means is greater than a distance between the positioning means and the physical value detecting means in a level parallel to the bottom portion.