Patent ID: 8453790

Claim:
A fan coil ceiling unit for drawing air from an occupied space, conditioning the air, and discharging the conditioned air back into the occupied space, the fan coil ceiling unit comprising: a. a heating and cooling section having a inlet end with an inlet end opening and a outlet end with an outlet end opening; b. an inlet silencer comprising: i. a rectangular inlet silencer housing having an entry end with a downward facing entry end opening, an exit end with a side facing exit end opening, and an inlet silencer length between the entry end and the exit end of the inlet silencer housing; and ii. sound insulation baffles extending along the length of the inlet silencer housing, wherein the exit end opening of the inlet silencer is closely coupled to the inlet end opening of the heating and cooling section; and c. an outlet silencer comprising: i. a rectangular outlet silencer housing having an entry end with a side facing entry end opening, an exit end with a downward facing exit end opening, and an outlet silencer length between the entry end and the exit end of the outlet silencer housing; and ii. sound insulation baffles extending along the length of the outlet silencer housing, wherein the entry end opening of the outlet silencer is closely coupled to the outlet end opening of the heating and cooling section and wherein the baffles of the inlet silencer comprise an upper angled baffle positioned opposite the entry end opening and a lower block baffle with a rounded edge adjacent the entry end opening, and wherein the upper angled baffle and the lower block baffle are filled with sound insulation material.