Patent ID: 8139783
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A loud speaker assembly arrangement for a vehicle, comprising: a speaker unit including a speaker cabinet defining a first volume, the speaker cabinet having a speaker through-hole having a longitudinal axis and being arranged in a side face of the speaker cabinet; a body part of the vehicle including a hollow member defining a second volume, the hollow member having a body through-hole; where the speaker through-hole is coupled to the body through-hole by a press-fit coupling having a press-fit direction arranged generally along the longitudinal axis of the speaker though-hole, and where the first volume of the speaker cabinet and the second volume of the hollow member of the body part are pneumatically coupled; where the speaker cabinet is mounted on the body part by at least one fastener positioned adjacent the hollow member of the body part, and where the at least one fastener has a fastening direction substantially perpendicular to the press-fit direction; and where the body part includes a first guide arranged and configured to slidably engage with a second guide arranged on the speaker cabinet such that when the second guide contacts the first guide, force on the speaker cabinet in the fastening direction is at least in part redirected to the press-fit direction by the slidable engagement of the first guide and the second guide.