| CPC F24F 11/89 (2018.01) [F24F 1/027 (2013.01); F24F 1/029 (2019.02); F24F 1/0323 (2019.02); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 2013/207 (2013.01); F24F 2221/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An air conditioner, comprising:
a base;
a case disposed on the base;
a barrier assembly disposed on the base and comprising an evaporator fan configured to introduce air from a front and discharge the introduced air;
an evaporator disposed in front of the barrier assembly;
a shroud disposed behind the barrier assembly, spaced apart from the barrier assembly, and defining a shroud opening;
a condenser disposed behind the shroud;
a condenser fan disposed between the shroud opening and the condenser;
a compressor connected to the evaporator and the condenser through a pipe; and
a control box configured to control the compressor,
wherein the control box is disposed at a left side surface or at a right side surface of the barrier assembly and comprises:
a control box case;
a control box cover coupled to the control box case;
a main substrate disposed between the control box case and the control box cover;
a heat sink mounted on the main substrate; and
a barrier disposed at a rear surface of the control box case,
wherein the barrier has a first side surface spaced apart from the case, and defines an air suction inlet through which air is suctioned into the control box on the first side surface thereof and an air discharge outlet through which the air inside the control box is discharged on a rear surface thereof, and
wherein the barrier assembly and the control box are disposed at a boundary between an outdoor body and an indoor body.
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