Patent ID: 7883224

Claim:
An outside mirror device for a vehicle, comprising: a mirror assembly; and an electric retracting unit that includes: a shaft holder that is fixed to a base, a shaft that is provided on the shaft holder, a casing to which the mirror assembly is attached, the casing rotatably mounted around the shaft, such that the mirror assembly is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through the electric retracting unit and the base, a motor that outputs a rotational force, a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotational force to the mirror assembly, and a rotation range control mechanism that is arranged in the casing and that controls a rotation range of the mirror assembly, the rotation range control mechanism including: a clutch gear that has a plurality of clutch portions on a surface thereof, and that is rotatably provided about the shaft to be axially movable, a clutch member of the transmission mechanism that has a plurality of fitting portions that fit the plurality of clutch portions of the clutch gear on a surface facing the clutch gear, and that is replaceable and is provided around the shaft to be axially movable, a washer that is replaceable and is fixed to the casing within the casing, a control convex portion integrally arranged on at least one of the clutch member and the washer, a contact portion that is arranged on at least other one of the clutch member and the washer and with which the control convex portion comes into close contact to control the rotation range of the mirror assembly, and a sliding path that is arranged on at least the other one of the clutch member and the washer within the casing, and includes the contact portion, wherein the sliding path is configured to be concentric with the shaft, and a top surface of the control convex portion is arranged to slide on the sliding path.