Roof module with sensor system for a motor vehicle which travels autonomously or partially autonomously, comprising a roof opening system and/or a fixed roof element

US11851106B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WEBASTO SE · DE

Inventors

• Michael HUELSEN · Stockdorf, DE
• Johannes Thannheimer · Stockdorf, DE
• Dirk Legler · Weil, DE
• Max Huber · Donauwörth, DE
• Thomas Lindner · Polling, DE
• Michael Deppe · Munich, DE
• Thomas Rudolph · Rosbach, DE
• Cèdric LANGLAIS · Stockdorf, DE
• Michael Mailhamer · Stockdorf, DE
• Juraj LEHOTSKY · Stockdorf, DE
• Achim Holzwarth · Stockdorf, DE
• Michael Respondek · Mengkofen, DE
• Alexander KILIAS · Stockdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01Q1/3275
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A roof module for a motor vehicle may have a roof skin, a roof frame on a vehicle body and have at least one transverse frame part extending in the transverse roof direction and a longitudinal frame part extending in the longitudinal roof direction on either side of a longitudinal center roof plane, and a roof opening system having a lid element configured to be displaced on guide rails, which are part of the longitudinal frame parts of the roof frame, in the longitudinal roof direction relative to the roof frame, and/or a solid roof element having a transparent see-through portion and being rigidly connected to the roof frame, having a sensor system comprising at least one sensor module which has at least one environmental sensor and is located outside of the roof opening and/or outside of the transparent see-through portions and is covered by a cover element.