Patent ID: 8978393
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An outdoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising an electrical component box comprising: a partition plate; a front plate; a box base plate comprising a flange in a periphery thereof, the flange being bent downward; an L-shaped arm made of an elongated steel plate, having a support post provided between the arm and the box base plate, wherein the front plate covers a front side of the electrical component box and has one end coupled to one end of the partition plate, the box base plate supports the partition plate in a top-bottom direction and supports the front plate in a front-back direction, the arm has an abutment surface that abuts at a right angle against a rear surface of the front plate and one end coupled to another end of the partition plate, the support post is joined perpendicularly to the arm and the box base plate and supports the arm and the box base plate in the top-bottom direction, the support post comprises a first part, a second part, and a third part, the second part and the third part extend perpendicularly from the first part, the first part includes a receiving part at an upper part thereof bent toward a back side of the electric component box and supporting the lower flange of the arm at a middle in a longitudinal direction of the arm, a lower end of the first part and a lower end of the second part contact with a top surface of the box base plate, the third part is fixed to the flange of the box base plate, the third part has a screw hole at a bottom end thereof, the box base plate has a screw hole on the flange, the third part and the flange are fixed with a screw screwed into the screw holes of the third part and the flange, an upper end of the third part of the support post includes an insertion piece engaging the insertion hole and having a screw hole, and the insertion piece is engaged with the insertion hole and is connected by a screw entering into the screw hole of the L-shaped arm and the screw hole of the insertion piece.