Patent ID: 7597534

Claim:
A fan array fan section in air-handling compartment which is part of an air-handling for conditioning the air of a structure, said fan array fan section comprising: (a) a plurality of fans units; (b) said plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array; (c) each of said plurality of fans units positioned within a fan unit chamber/cell; (d) each fan unit chamber/cell having at least one acoustically absorptive insulation surfaces; (e) said insulation surface of said fan unit chamber/cells together form a co-planar silencer; wherein (f) each of said plurality of fan units is suspended within a fan unit chamber/cell such that there is an air relief passage which is isolated from the remainder of said fan unit chamber/cells so that a portion of the air drawn by said fan unit passed through said air relief passage without passing through said fan unit.