Sound generating device on a vehicle for reducing or generating engine sound and exhaust system

A sound generating device on a vehicle to reduce or generate engine sound, in particular for an exhaust system of a combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising:

• a housing having a truncated cone-shaped section that extends from an outside diameter to a ring-shaped flange section that includes an opening that surrounds a central axis;
• a loudspeaker attached to the housing so that the loudspeaker divides an inner space of the housing into two sub-spaces separated from each other in a gas-tight manner, and wherein the loudspeaker comprises a base and a funnel-shaped loudspeaker basket that extends radially outwardly from the base to terminate at an abutment rim that rests against the ring-shaped flange section to axially position the loudspeaker in the inner space of the housing;
• and
• wherein the loudspeaker includes a seal rim to provide gas-tight sealing of the loudspeaker to the housing, and wherein the abutment rim and the seal rim are axially spaced apart from each other in a direction that extends along the central axis, and/or wherein a largest inside diameter of the sub-space on a rear side of the loudspeaker is larger than an outside diameter of the abutment rim by at least 25%.