Patent ID: 7245489

Claim:
An air conditioning structure for an electrical appliance having at least one heat-generating electrical component part, comprising: a housing accommodating the at least one heat-generating electrical component part, said housing having a front part, and a rear part, said front part being formed by a double plate assembly comprising an inner plate body, and an outer plate body; at least one exhaust section provided in said housing at said rear part, for exhausting air within said housing from said housing; and an air intake fan provided in said housing at said front part, wherein: at least one outer air intake opening opening out of said housing is formed in said outer plate body of said front part of said housing; an inner air intake opening opening into said housing is formed in said inner plate body of said front part of said housing; and said air intake fan is provided rearward of the outer air intake opening in facing relation to the inner air intake opening, and disposed at such a location that it does not overlap the outer air intake opening at all as viewed from a front side of said housing, whereby said heat-generating electrical component part is air-cooled by said air intake fan and said exhaust section.