US 12,240,528 B2
Roof module for forming a vehicle roof
Michael Huelsen, Stockdorf (DE); and Craig T. Marx, Stockdorf (DE)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/912,795
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/058917
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/204786, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 109 505.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138674 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC B62D 25/06 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/023 (2013.01); B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93273 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof module for forming a vehicle roof on a motor vehicle, the roof module comprising:
a panel component whose outer surface at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof,
the roof module comprising at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals for detecting the vehicle environment,
wherein at least one reflector element at which the electromagnetic signals can be reflected is associated with the environment sensor, and
wherein the reflector element is formed by a reflective surface portion of the panel component or of a frame or body shell part of the roof module.