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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Shogo Iwaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Sukeyoshi Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Taizo Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Karebu Kirihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Shogo Iwaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Sukeyoshi Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Taizo Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Karebu Kirihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
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 ().