Patent ID: 9021829
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a case including a suction port suctioning outside air and a discharge port discharging the suctioned air; a heat exchanger accommodated inside the case; a fan that is accommodated inside the case and forcibly circulate the air; a louver assembly rotatably mounted in the case so as to selectively open and close the discharge port, the louver assembly including a plurality of louvers connected to each other at their inner side ends so as to be rotatable; and a driving motor including a rotation axis connected to inner side ends of each of the plurality of louvers, the driving motor configured to fold or unfold the plurality of louvers along a rotation direction of the rotation axis, and wherein the plurality of louvers includes a first louver, a second louver and a third louver, the first louver including a first inner side end, the second louver including a second inner side end, and the third louver including a third inner side end, wherein the first inner side end, the second inner side end and the third inner side end being all commonly connected, the first louver having a first side surface and a second side surface, the first side surface being convexly rounded between a first top surface and a first bottom surface of the first louver, and the second side surface being concavely rounded between the first top surface and the first bottom surface of the first louver, and the second louver having a third side surface and a fourth side surface, the third side surface being convexly rounded between a second top surface and a second bottom surface of the second louver, and the fourth side surface being concavely rounded between the second top surface and the second bottom surface of the second louver, the second side surface of the first louver moves on the third side surface of the second louver when at least one of the first and second louver moves along a direction perpendicular to an airstream discharged through the discharge port, and the first bottom surface of the first louver, the second bottom surface of the second louver and a bottom surface of the third louver form a common plane when the louver assembly is provided into a fully extended position based on the driving motor driving the louver assembly.