Door for vehicle which incorporates loudspeaker

A door for a vehicle which incorporates a loudspeaker, comprising:

• a door trim disposed at the innermost side of said door and having a raised portion which extends horizontally along an upper edge of said door trim, and an armrest portion which extends horizontally along an approximate center-line of said door trim, said door trim having a recess forming a channel which extends substantially horizontally from a rear end of said door trim at a position slightly closer to the upper edge of said door trim than the center-line of said door trim and which terminates at a position adjacent a front end of said door trim, said raised portion forming an upper channel wall of said recess and said armrest portion forming a lower channel wall of said recess;
• a door grip extending between said upper and lower channel walls and located adjacent a front terminating position of said recess for grasping by an occupant to open and close said door;
• a loudspeaker secured to said door trim and said door grip such that said loudspeaker is disposed between the front terminating portion of said recess and said door grip and between said upper and lower channel walls;
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• a loudspeaker box disposed between said door trim and an inner panel of said door so as to extend from a bottom side of said loudspeaker inside said armrest, said loudspeaker box having an acoustic opening for intensifying a predetermined acoustic frequency range, said acoustic opening being positioned below said loudspeaker and a plurality of bores provided on the door trim, said bores facing said acoustic opening.

A door for a vehicle which incorporates a loudspeaker comprising:

• a door trim having:
• a protruded portion extending horizontally and longitudinally along an upper edge of the door trim, said protruded portion comprising an upper wall, a side vertical wall and a lower wall adjoining the side vertical wall;
• an armrest disposed horizontally and longitudinally under said protruded portion with an exterior space defined between said lower wall of said protruded portion and said armrest, said armrest defining an interior space between said armrest and a door inner panel, forward and rearward ends of said armrest being connected to and adjoining corresponding forward and rearward ends of the protruded portion;
• a recess formed horizontally in said exterior space between said protruded portion and armrest;
• a door grip located in said recess at a predetermined forward porton of said recess, said door grip fastened to said door trim at a fastening portion;
• a loudspeaker disposed in an opening in said recess, said loudspeaker surrounded by said door grip and both forward ends of the protruded portion and armrest, said loudspeaker having inner and outer sides;
• a loudspeaker box disposed in said interior space between said armrest and door inner panel, said loudspeaker box being secured on an inner side of the loudspeaker so as to enhance acoustic characteristics;
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• a plurality of bores extending through the door trim adjacent to the loudspeaker and communicating with said speaker box whereby a low audio frequency effect is intensified.