Automotive loudspeaker having variable speaker orientation and particular electrical connections

A speaker unit for automotive vehicles comprising:

• a low-range speaker and a medium- and high-range speaker;
• means for changing an angular orientation of a center axis of said medium- and high-range speaker in a vertical plane containing a center axis of said low-range speaker;
• a grill frame and a grill member mounted in said grill frame, an open surface of said low-range speaker being at least partly covered with said grill member, said grill frame being detachably engaged with the open surface of said low-range speaker;
• mounting means for said medium- and high-range speaker, said mounting means comprising a first spacer having a smaller-diameter portion and a larger-diamter portion, said larger-diameter portion being rigidly secured to a pole of a magnetic circuit of said low-range speaker and at least a portion of said larger-diameter portion being surrounded by a voice coil bobbin of said low-range speaker, a damper member having an outer edge coupled to a diaphragm of said low-range speaker and having an inner edge coupled to said larger-diameter portion at the junction with said smaller-diameter portion, said smaller-diameter portion having an upper tapered surface, first and second conductors extending through portions of said smaller-diameter portion and forming contacts upon said upper surface;
• a second spacer having a lower cylindrical portion tapered to fittingly engage said upper surface of said first spacer, third and fourth conductors extending through a portion of said second spacer and forming contacts disposed to mate with said contacts formed by said first and second conductors;
• and means for tiltably mounting said medium- and high-range speaker upon an upper portion of said second spacer, a voice coil bobbin of said medium- and high-range speaker being coupled to said third and fourth conductors.