Patent ID: 7210305

Claim:
An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a cabinet including a front panel having a discharge port, a rear panel having suction holes, both side panels having suction holes, and a bottom panel; an outdoor heat exchanger vertically installed in the cabinet adjacent to the suction holes; a blower fan installed in the cabinet to blow air toward the discharge port; and a support member made of heat insulating material and disposed between the bottom panel of the cabinet and the outdoor heat exchanger, to separate a lower end of the outdoor heat exchanger from the bottom panel of the cabinet, wherein the bottom panel of the cabinet includes a flange extending upward at an edge of the bottom panel, and the support member is attached to the flange and the support member includes: a fixing portion attached to the flange, a support portion extending from the fixing portion to support the lower end of the heat exchanger, and an upper reinforcing portion connected between an upper surface of the support portion and an inner surface of the fixing portion to separate the lower end of the outdoor heat exchanger from the fixing portion.