US 12,415,570 B2
Roof module for forming a vehicle roof comprising an adjustable cleaning nozzle
Cédric Langlais, Stockdorf (DE); and Nikolaus Linner, Stockdorf (DE)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,704.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 117 705.7 (DE), filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008767 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/06 (2013.01) [B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01)] 13 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 the roof skin of the vehicle roof and serves as an outer sealing surface of the roof module,
at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals through a see-through area for detecting a vehicle environment around an optical axis of the environment sensor, and
at least one cleaning nozzle configured to clean the see-through area,
wherein, viewed in the direction in which the optical axis of the environment sensor points, the at least one cleaning nozzle is disposed in such a manner in an area of the panel component in front of the see-through area that the at least one cleaning nozzle can be moved between a retracted position and a deployed position by at least one drive kinematics unit,
wherein the at least one drive kinematics unit comprises a drive that is configured to move the at least one cleaning nozzle from the retracted position to the deployed position at least along a travel axis and/or at least around a rotation axis,
wherein the drive is movable along a drive axis and/or around the drive axis, the drive axis being oriented in a direction different from the travel axis and/or the rotation axis,
wherein the at least one drive kinematics unit comprises a first lever element and a second lever element, the first lever element being held on a frame structure of the roof module by a fixed bearing,
wherein the first lever element and the second lever element are connected to one another in a force-transmitting manner at one of their ends via a movable bearing,
wherein a movement of the drive can be transmitted to the at least one cleaning nozzle via a rotary movement of the first lever element to a translational movement of the second lever element,
wherein the second lever element is disposed within and guided by a bracket in a translationally movable manner, the bracket being fixed to a housing portion of at least one housing,
wherein the translational movement of the second lever element within the bracket moves the housing portion along the travel axis to move the at least one cleaning nozzle.