Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha

Karebu Kirihara

Taizo Nakamura

Sukeyoshi Nakashima

Shogo Iwaya

An in-vehicle speaker rotational mounting structure including a speaker unit having a claw portion provided thereon, and a panel member on which the speaker unit is mounted, wherein the claw portion is inserted into a slit formed in the panel member, so that the speaker unit is mounted on the panel member by being rotated in a circumferential direction. A jig inserting hole is provided in the speaker unit.

In-vehicle speaker rotational mounting structure

The present invention relates to a speaker for a vehicle and an installation structure therefor, and it is an object of the invention to enhance the speaker installation rigidity without impairing the acoustic characteristic of the speaker. The speaker installation structure comprises a speaker unit () for holding a speaker body () and having a plurality of claws () and a panel member () having an opening () and a plurality of slits (). For the installation of the speaker unit (), the plurality of claws () are inserted into the plurality of slits (), respectively, and the speaker unit () is rotated in its circumferential direction. The opening () is made to be smaller than the diameter of a speaker housing () and to have at least three linear portions (). Each of the slits () is formed outside the three linear portions () and inside an outer circumference of the speaker housing ().

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Okazaki, Japan

Karebu Kirihara