US 12,092,755 B2
Roof module for forming a vehicle roof comprising a cooler
Michael Huelsen, Stockdorf (DE); Harald Bachmann, Stockdorf (DE); Achim Holzwarth, Stockdorf (DE); Cédric Langlais, Stockdorf (DE); Michael Mailhamer, Stockdorf (DE); and Juraj Lehotsky, Stockdorf (DE)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/633,487
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072603
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032562, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 122 190.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283263 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/02 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); G01K 1/14 (2021.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/027 (2021.05) [B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); G01K 1/14 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 17 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,
the roof module comprising at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals for detecting the vehicle environment,
wherein the environment sensor is disposed below the roof skin formed by the panel component,
a cooler configured to discharge exhaust heat emitted by the environment sensor and/or heat introduced from outside from the environment sensor,
wherein the environment sensor is disposed in a dry section of the roof module, the dry section being protected from humidity, the cooler being configured to discharge the exhaust heat emitted by the environment sensor from the dry section,
wherein the cooler comprises at least one heat conducting element, the heat conducting element being configured to discharge the exhaust heat emitted by the environment sensor
wherein the cooler is disposed in a wet section separate from the dry section, the exhaust heat emitted by the environment sensor being discharged from the dry section into the wet section by the heat conducting element,
wherein the environment sensor is fixed on a heat conducting element inner side, the heat conducting element inner side oriented towards the dry section, and
a cooling element of the cooler is also fixed on the heat conducting element inner side.