Patent ID: 8594360

Claim:
A speaker mounting structure with respect to a panel, the structure comprising: a speaker having a quadrilateral shape; a pair of projecting latches flanking a mounting region of the panel and being located at outsides of opposite sides of the quadrilateral shape, the opposite sides being short sides of the quadrilateral shape; and a frame member having a quadrilateral shape and being held in fixed engagement with the latches for constantly pressing the speaker onto the mounting region by end portions of the frame member arched in a longitudinal direction of the frame member, wherein the speaker is formed with cutout stepped portions, the cutout stepped portions are formed at corners of the quadrilateral shape at which sides of the quadrilateral shape cross and are not formed at center portions of the sides of the quadrilateral shape, and the frame member includes end portions that are provided with protrusions, openings and edge portions, the protrusions being held in contact with the stepped portions, the openings allowing passage of the latches, the edge portions providing an outer enclosure of the openings and being held in contact with engagement portions of the latches.