Patent ID: 9228771
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: F24F,F25B,F25D

Claim Text:
1. An outdoor unit for an air conditioning device, comprising: an outdoor unit main body; a heat exchanger accommodated in the outdoor unit main body, the heat exchanger having a first horizontal end portion and a second horizontal end portion separated by an open space; a fan provided in an upper part of the outdoor unit main body, the fan blowing out air taken in from side surfaces of the outdoor unit main body; a ventilating member, having an upper end and a lower end, surrounding an outer circumference of the fan and forming a blow-out port of the air at a top of the upper part of the outdoor unit main body; and an electric component unit accommodated in the outdoor unit main body and arranged in the open space between the first horizontal end portion and the second horizontal end portion of the heat exchanger, wherein the electric component unit extends vertically across the lower end of the ventilating member, a part of the electric component unit is arranged vertically higher than the lower end of the ventilating member and is arranged horizontally outside of an outer edge of the ventilating member, the electric component unit includes an electric component box for accommodating an electric component, and the electric component box includes a first intake port for taking the air into the electric component box formed vertically higher than the lower end of the ventilating member, and a discharge port for discharging the air in the electric component box formed vertically lower than the lower end of the ventilating member.