Patent ID: 8861763

Claim:
A speaker retaining mechanism for retaining a speaker at a predetermined position of a cabinet, comprising: a retaining member that is fixed to the cabinet and that has a hollow tubular space surrounded by an inner wall, and a vibration damping member attached to both ends of the speaker, wherein the vibration damping member is arranged in the hollow tubular space of the retaining member so that the vibration damping member contacts elastically with the inner wall of the retaining member, the vibration damping member having elasticity for securing the vibration damping member to the retaining member, the vibration damping member being substantially sealed by the retaining member, the vibration damping member is retained at the inner wall of the retaining member by only elastic compression, and the vibration damping member is attached to each of the speaker via a vibration damping member attachment section which is attached to the vibration damping member through an opening in the retaining member substantially sealing the vibration damping member.