US 12,313,778 B2
Vehicle window with integrated sensor module
Sebastian Schmidt, Stuttgart (DE); Laurent Friocourt, Stuttgart (DE); Uwe Weissenberger, Würzburg (DE); and Luc-Henry Blanche, Hagen (DE)
Assigned to FREEGLASS GmbH & Co. KG, Schwaikheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/284,983
Filed by FREEGLASS GmbH & Co. KG, Schwaikheim (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/050534
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/148185, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19151818 (EP), filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0293933 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B61D 49/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 7/4813 (2013.01) [B60R 11/00 (2013.01); B61D 49/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle window with an integrated sensor module, which comprises:
a pane main body with a cutout,
a sensor module designed as a prefabricated assembly with a module housing, which forms a hollow space, in which at least one sensor is accommodated,
wherein the module housing forming the hollow space is inserted into the cutout and is fastened on the pane main body, wherein, together, an outer surface of the module housing and an outer surface of the pane main body form an outer surface of the vehicle window, and
wherein the module housing has a bulge shaped such that a housing section is situated in a field of view of the sensor, on which housing section a signal emitted by the sensor strikes with a deviation of a maximum of 10° from a perpendicular to the housing section.