Patent ID: 7177438

Claim:
A speaker installation structure for a vehicle, comprising: a speaker unit ( 1 ) including a speaker housing ( 12 ) for holding a speaker body ( 11 ), said speaker housing ( 12 ) having a plurality of claws ( 13 ) formed thereon; and a panel member ( 3 ) having an opening ( 4 ) and a plurality of slits ( 5 ) made therein, said plurality of claws ( 13 ) being inserted into said plurality of slits ( 5 ), respectively, and said speaker unit ( 1 ) being mounted on said panel member ( 3 ) by rotating said speaker housing ( 12 ) in its circumferential direction, characterized in that said opening ( 4 ) has a diameter smaller than a diameter of said speaker housing ( 12 ) and has at least three linear portions ( 41 ), and each of said plurality of slits ( 5 ) is made outside said three linear portions ( 41 ) and inside an outer circumference of said speaker housing ( 12 ), and a plurality of indentations ( 14 ) are made in an outer circumference of said speaker housing ( 12 ), and a connector ( 6 ) to be connected to a harness terminal ( 7 ) for power supply to said speaker body ( 11 ) is placed on said speaker housing ( 12 ), and an elastic piece ( 6 a ), made to be elastically deformed by said panel member ( 3 ) in a direction opposite to said panel member ( 3 ) when said claws ( 13 ) are inserted into said slits ( 5 ) and returned to the panel member ( 3 ) side when said speaker housing ( 12 ) is rotated up to a predetermined position, is formed on said connector ( 6 ), with said harness terminal ( 7 ) being connectable to said connector ( 6 ) only when said elastic piece ( 6 a ) is returned to the panel member ( 3 ) side.