US 12,358,470 B2
Motor vehicle with a roof module having a cleaning device
Charles Kroneck, Macomb Township, MI (US); and Magnus Sviberg, Stockdorf (DE)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,705.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190389 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/56 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
at least one vehicle window and at least one roof module, which forms a vehicle roof of the motor vehicle,
the roof module comprising a panel component, which at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface,
at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals for detecting a vehicle environment through a see-through area separated from the at least one vehicle window and arranged at the at least one roof module, and
at least one cleaning device having at least one cleaning nozzle,
wherein the at least one cleaning nozzle is arranged specifically above the at least one vehicle window and is configured to clean the see-through area and the at least one vehicle window.