Patent ID: 8359880

Claim:
A fan motor assembly for a refrigerator, comprising: a cover plate having a suction opening formed therein; at least one air duct flow path formed at an inner side of a wall surface of the refrigerator; and a blower coupled to a rear surface of the cover plate and received in an accommodating part formed in the inner side of the wall surface of the refrigerator so as to be in communication with the at least one air duct flow path, wherein the blower directs air which has been drawn in through the air suction opening to the at least one air duct flow path, wherein the blower comprises: a centrifugal fan including blades that discharges air, which has been drawn in through the air suction opening, in a radial direction; a motor mount plate positioned a predetermined distance from the cover plate so as to form a space between the cover plate and the motor mount plate; a motor mounted on a surface of the motor mounting plate facing the cover plate and positioned in the space formed between the cover plate and the motor mount plate; at least two combining protrusions that extend perpendicularly from respective peripheral edge portions of the motor mount plate toward the cover plate so as to couple the motor mount plate and the cover plate and maintain the predetermined distance between the mounting plate and the cover plate, wherein the at least two combining protrusions are positioned along at least a portion of a circumferential arc encircling the blades; power line holes respectively formed in the motor mount plate and the cover plate to allow a power line for supplying power to the motor to penetrate through the motor mount plate and the cover plate via the power line holes; and a power line accommodating groove formed in an outer surface of at least one of the at least two combining protrusions; and at least one elastic member positioned between mating surfaces of the cover plate and the inner side of the wall surface of the refrigerator, wherein the at least one elastic member transfers vibration generated by the fan and motor received in the accommodating part to the cover plate.