Patent ID: 8359712

Claim:
A vehicle door outer handle device in which an inwardly recessed housing recess is provided in a base member fixed to a vehicle door, an outer handle having an operation portion is pivotably supported on the base member and pivoting to an operated position in accordance with pulling of the operation portion and being spring-biased toward a non-operated position, at least part of the operation portion being disposed in the housing recess, and a cylinder lock is mounted on the base member such that a key hole is covered at least in a state in which the outer handle is in the non-operated position, wherein a cover member is detachably mounted on the base member and covers the key hole, the cover member being formed as a separate body from the outer handle and the base member, and that part of an inner surface of the housing recess which is visible from an outside of the vehicle door is entirely formed by an outer surface of the cover member and one end of the outer surface of the cover member is continuous with an opening end of the housing recess.