Patent ID: 8297762

Claim:
A vehicle outside mirror device for enabling a mirror assembly to tilt relative to a vehicle body, said device comprising: a base fixed to the vehicle body; a shaft fixed to the base; a spring disposed in a state in which the spring is compressed at a periphery of the shaft, wherein the mirror assembly is configured to tilt relative to the shaft; and a washer abutted against the mirror assembly by the spring, wherein: a rotation stop portion, for stopping the washer from rotating around a rotational center of the shaft, is at a respective one of the shaft and the washer, wherein the washer is mounted on the shaft to disable rotation around the rotational center using the rotation stop portion; the washer includes a through hole for engagement with the shaft, an inner circumferential rim of the through hole includes at least one linear edge, an outer circumferential face of the shaft includes: a plurality of grooves at equal intervals from an upper to an intermediate portion of the shaft, wherein a plurality of claws of a stop engage the grooves when the spring is compressed, and at least one abutment plane separate from the grooves, the at least one abutment plane against which the at least one linear edge abuts, and wherein the at least one linear edge and the at least one abutment plane configure the rotation stop portion.