Patent ID: 7427142

Claim:
A vehicle outside mirror comprising: a drive unit that generates a driving force; a plate that holds the drive unit; a drive gear that transmits the driving force from the drive unit; a gearcase having a housing for the drive gear; a fixing unit that fixes the plate and the gearcase in an integrated manner; and a lubricant blocking structure formed between the housing and the fixing unit, wherein the lubricant blocking structure includes a groove formed on one of opposite surfaces of the plate and the gearcase; and a rib formed on other of the opposite surfaces of the plate and the gearcase, protruding from a surface on which the rib is formed and entering into the groove, a material of one of the other one of the plate or the gearcase where the rib is formed is softer than a material of the plate or the gearcase where the groove is formed, and the rib is pressed against a wall of the groove.