OUTER HANDLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR

1 . An outer handle device for a vehicle door in which a handle base is fixed to an outer panel of a vehicle door, an outer handle having a handle body disposed on an outer side of the outer panel is pivotably supported on the handle base, and a decorative cover is mounted on an outer face on the outer side in a vehicle width direction of the handle body, wherein a mounting groove is formed in an outside face of the handle body along the vehicle width direction, the mounting groove having a substantially U-shaped cross section and comprising a bottom wall that follows upward and downward directions in a state in which the outer handle is attached to the vehicle door and a pair of side walls connected to upper and lower ends of the bottom wall, and a plurality of supporting projections, which abut against the decorative cover inserted into the mounting groove and form a first gap between the bottom wall and the decorative cover, are projectingly provided on the bottom wall while being disposed on a periphery of a plurality of injection holes provided in the bottom wall for injecting an adhesive so as to fill the first gap, with at least one of the supporting projections corresponding to one of the injection holes.

2 . The outer handle device for a vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting groove is formed in the handle body so as to extend lengthwise in a vehicle fore-and-aft direction in a state in which the outer handle is attached to the vehicle door, the injection holes are formed in the bottom wall at a plurality of locations spaced in a longitudinal direction of the mounting groove, and a plurality of positioning projections that abut against the decorative cover so as to form, between the side wall and the decorative cover, a second gap communicating with the first gap are projectingly provided on the pair of side walls so as to be disposed at positions corresponding to the injection holes in the longitudinal direction of the mounting groove