Patent ID: 9556643
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: E05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An external handle device for a vehicle door, comprising an operating handle having a grip portion that is formed so as to be long and is disposed outside an outer panel forming part of a door having one end part pivotably supported on a vehicle body, a support member that is mounted on the door so as to pivotably support one end part of the operating handle, a base member that is made of a synthetic resin and is mounted on the door so as to correspond to another end part of the operating handle, and a holder that is mounted on the base member so as to house and hold an electrical component, wherein a bottomed mounting hole is provided in a mounting portion provided integrally with the base member, the bottomed mounting hole is for mounting the mounting portion on an end wall on another end of the door, and the bottomed mounting hole opens on an end wall side and has a closed inner blocked part, at least one engagement hole being formed through the closed inner blocked part so as to extend in a direction along an axis of the mounting hole, the at least one engagement hole having one end opening to the closed inner blocked part of the mounting hole, at least one engagement hole is provided with another end that opens on an outer periphery of the mounting portion, and at least one engagement projection is provided on the holder so as to engage with said other end of the at least one engagement hole.