Patent ID: 7752862

Claim:
An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising: a rear cover having at least one suction hole through which indoor air is sucked, the rear cover constituting a rear surface and at least a portion of side edge surfaces of the indoor unit; a heat exchanger disposed in front of the rear cover, and performing heat exchange of the sucked indoor air; a blower fan disposed in front of the heat exchanger, the blower fan being configured to suck the indoor air through the suction hole and discharge the heat exchanged indoor air into an indoor space; an air guide configured to guide the indoor air passing through the heat exchanger in left and right directions; a front frame coupled to the front of the rear cover and constituting a front surface and at least a portion of the side edge surfaces of the indoor unit, the front frame being disposed in front of the blower fan and having discharge holes at lateral end portions thereof, through which the heat exchanged indoor air guided in the left and right directions by the air guide are discharged; a front panel mounted on the front surface of the front frame; discharge hole doors slidable in the right and left directions and located between the front frame and the front panel to selectively open and close the discharge holes, the discharge hole doors being configured to be shielded by the front panel when the discharge holes are oriented in an open position and configured to be exposed to form an outer appearance of the indoor unit when the discharge holes are oriented in a closed position; a motor for driving the blower fan, the motor being placed in front of the blower fan; and a motor mount coupled to the rear surface of the front frame to enable the blower fan to rotate in front of the heat exchanger, wherein the discharge hole doors are configured to move laterally in a direction such that the discharge hole doors become closer to each other and parallelly positioned right behind the front panel, and wherein the discharge hole doors are configured to move laterally in a direction such that the discharge hole doors become farther away from each other, and front surfaces of the discharge hole doors directly form a substantially continuous surface with a front surface of the front panel where the discharge holes are located.