Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Deoggwen Kang

Hyungsok Yeo

Junghyeon Kim

Eungryeol Seo

Jinbaek Kim

Donggi Han

An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing having an opening, a heat exchanger arranged in the housing to heat exchange air drawn into the housing, a fan arranged in the housing and rotatable around a rotation axis. The rotation axis formed to extend along a direction toward the opening and a diffuser placed at the opening and through which heat exchanged air blown by the fan is discharged. The diffuser including a plurality of vanes configured to guide the heat exchanged air blown by the fan. The diffuser being further configured to be selectively rotatable in the same direction as a rotation direction of the fan. The fan and the plurality of vanes being arranged to guide the heat exchanged air blown by the fan in the rotation direction of the diffuser while the diffuser is rotated.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Deoggwen Kang