US 12,172,503 B2
Roof module for a motor vehicle comprising a roof skin forming a roof cover
Michael Huelsen, Stockdorf (DE); Dirk Legler, Stockdorf (DE); Michael Deppe, Stockdorf (DE); Johannes Thannheimer, Stockdorf (DE); Thomas Rudolph, Stockdorf (DE); and Thomas Lindner, Munich (DE)
Assigned to WEBASTO SE, Stockdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/633,435
Filed by Webasto SE, Stockdorf (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072481
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032533, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 122 214.1 (DE), filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289006 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60J 7/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/00 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2611 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof module for a motor vehicle, for being connected to a vehicle body, the roof module being a structural unit which can be connected to the vehicle body so as to form a vehicle roof, the roof module comprising:
a transparent solid roof portion, which forms a see-through roof area and which is immobile relative to the vehicle body when the roof module is in the installed position, and/or
a roof opening system comprising a mobile lid element, by means of which a roof opening can be opened or closed at will, and a closed roof skin, which forms the see-through roof area and/or is adjacent to the roof opening and forms a roof cover located outside of the see-through roof area and/or the roof opening,
the roof module comprising at least one sensor module comprises at least one environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment and being disposed outside of the see-through roof area and/or the roof opening and being covered by the roof skin,
wherein the sensor module is disposed on a roof frame, which is an integral part of the roof module and to which the roof skin is attached,
wherein the sensor module is disposed on the roof frame, and
the roof frame forms a support structure of the roof module and is an interface between the roof module and the vehicle body.