Patent ID: 9322200
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An outer handle device for a vehicle door comprising: a latch mechanism; an outer handle having a grip that is arranged on an outer side of an outer panel of a vehicle door and has one end turnably supported by the outer panel, and a coupling arm that is provided at the other end of the grip and is coupled to the latch mechanism; a base member that is made of a synthetic resin and arranged on the outer side of the outer panel; a metallic reinforcing plate that is interposed between the base member and an outer surface of the outer panel; a cylinder lock configured to switch between locked and unlocked states of the vehicle door, that has a cylinder body fastened to the outer panel by joint fastening with the reinforcing plate and the base member and is disposed in the base member; and a receiving portion that is provided in the reinforcing plate and abuts against the coupling arm during a turning operation of the outer handle to an opening side of the vehicle door to restrict a turning end of the outer handle.