Patent ID: 7163240

Claim:
A vehicle door handle device having a base case secured to a door, and an L-shaped handle lever rotatably mounted on the base case by a supporting shaft and connected to a latch device of the door by way of a connecting member, said L-shaped handle lever comprising: an operation arm extending in a first direction and receiving a manual operational force, said operation arm being made of a synthetic resin and having a small specific gravity, and a coupling arm extending in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction and connected to the connecting member, said coupling arm being made of a metal and having a great specific gravity, wherein a base portion of the operation arm has a socket into which a base portion of the coupling arm is inserted, wherein the base portion of the operation arm and the base portion of the coupling arm are undetachably coupled with each other by the supporting shaft, and device wherein the socket has a rectangular shaped space.