Volume- and space-saving audio device

Mobile terminal devices are expected to be equipped with easily operable input elements as well as a large-area screen in spite of their compact design. There is therefore a requirement for design solutions which permit the developer of such devices to realize an optimal arrangement of the components serving for man-machine communication on the front side of the casing in terms of ease of use. The proposed audio device essentially consists of an electroacoustic converter (4) which can be used as a speaker or microphone and a disk-shaped carrier element (5) serving as a means of retaining the converter (4). In this arrangement the converter (4) is disposed in an opening, hole or cutout of the carrier element which is matched to the cross-section of the converter in a volume- and space-saving manner such that the converter area (41) on the acoustic space site occludes virtually flush with the corresponding surface (51) of the carrier element (5). A plurality of spring elements (6) which are supported on the con