US 12,078,365 B2
Outdoor unit of airconditioner
Woong Sun, Suwon-si (KR); Jeonguk Koh, Suwon-si (KR); Jaechan Park, Suwon-si (KR); Kwangnam Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjin Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Changsoo Lim, Suwon-si (KR); and Keunjeong Jang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,980.
Application 17/991,980 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/017630, filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0013550 (KR), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243524 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 1/54 (2011.01)
CPC F24F 1/54 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor unit of an air conditioner, the outdoor unit comprising:
a housing;
a fan inside the housing and configured to cause air flow;
a machine room inside the housing at—one side of the fan;
a first partition inside the housing and defining a front of the machine room—, the first partition including an inlet hole through which a portion of the air flow from the—fan enters the machine room;
a second partition inside the housing between the fan and the machine room— and defining a side of the machine room, the second partition including an outlet hole through which air in the machine room is sucked toward the fan;
a fan guard in front of the fan, the fan guard including an opening portion on one side of the fan guard that is positioned toward the first partition such that the portion of the air flow—from the fan passes through the opening portion and moves toward the first partition; and
a front cover in front of the first partition and configured to guide the portion of the air flow having passed through the opening portion of the fan guard to the inlet hole of the first partition.