Patent ID: 7818974

Claim:
An air conditioner comprising: a cabinet via which air is sucked or blown; a base onto which the cabinet is mounted; a shroud configured to guide an air flow within the cabinet; a motor provided within the cabinet to forcibly circulate the air within the cabinet; an air guide penetrated by a rotational shaft of the motor, the air guide dividing an inside space of the air conditioner, the air guide comprising: an upper guide, the upper guide having a fan housing and a blowing guide; and a partition separating the fan housing from the blowing guide; and a motor mounter coupled to the shroud to securely mount the motor thereon, the motor mounter comprising: a motor fixing portion to which the motor is fixed, at least one connecting arm connecting the motor fixing portion to the shroud, and a support member connected between the motor fixing portion and the base to support the motor fixing portion from the base, the support member comprising: at least one vertical plate extended from the motor fixing portion to the base in a vertical direction in order to directly support lower parts of the motor fixing portion, a horizontal plate provided under the at least one vertical plate and mounted on the base, and a front plate fixedly attached to the at least one vertical plate and the air guide, wherein the front plate is attached to the air guide in face-to-face contact, wherein the motor mounter is provided between the shroud and the air guide and wherein the motor mounter is built in one body of the shroud.