Patent ID: 7011506
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A blower unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a case accommodating a blower wheel and a blower motor driving the blower wheel; a cover coupled to one side of a lower portion of the case to form a cooling path so that some of cooling air blown by the blower wheel is input to the cooling path and flows in the cooling path toward a lower portion of the blower motor; and a coupling unit detachably coupling the cover and the case by sliding the cover in one direction with respect to the case; wherein the coupling unit comprises a guide rib arranged at one end portion of the cover and a guide groove formed to correspond to the guide rib at a portion adjacent to a cooling air inlet into which the cooling air is input to the lower portion of the blower motor from the cooling path, and the guide rib is slidingly coupled to the guide groove.