Speaker assembly arrangement for a vehicle and method of mounting a speaker

A method for mounting a speaker unit onto a body part of a vehicle, comprising:

• providing a body part of a vehicle including a first guide and a hollow member defining a second volume, the hollow member having a body through-hole;
• providing a speaker unit including a speaker cabinet defining a first volume, the speaker cabinet including a second guide and a speaker through-hole in a side face, the speaker though-hole having a longitudinal axis defining a press-fit direction, the first guide of the body part being arranged and configured to slidably engage with second guide;
• arranging the second guide on the speaker cabinet in contact with the first guide of the body part;
• exerting force on the speaker cabinet in a direction generally perpendicular to the press-fit direction and slidably engaging the first guide and the second guide, whereby the force is at least in part redirected to the press-fit direction so as to couple the speaker through-hole to the body through-hole by a press-fit coupling and to acoustically couple the first volume of the speaker cabinet and the second volume of the hollow member of the body part;
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• mounting the speaker cabinet onto the body part by at least one fastener positioned adjacent the hollow member of the body part, the at least one fastener having a fastening direction substantially perpendicular to the press-fit direction.

A speaker assembly for acoustically coupling with a first internal volume defined by a body part of a motor vehicle, the body part having a first guide and a body through-hole acoustically coupled to the first internal volume, the speaker assembly comprising:

• a speaker cabinet defining a second internal volume and having a speaker through-hole disposed on one side thereof, the speaker through-hole positioned such that when the speaker assembly is coupled to the body part, the first and the second internal volumes are acoustically coupled through the speaker and the body through-holes;
• a second guide disposed on the speaker cabinet and adapted such that when the speaker assembly is coupled to the body part, the first and the second guides slidably engage thereby aligning and press fitting in a first direction the speaker through-hole in the speaker cabinet to the body through-hole in the body part, where the second guide is located at or near a side of the speaker cabinet substantially opposite the side in which the speaker through-hole is disposed;
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• a fastener disposed on the speaker cabinet and operable to removably secure the speaker cabinet to the body part in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.