Motor vehicle comprising a roof module and a vehicle body
A motor vehicle having a roof module having a panel component, which at least partially forms a roof skin of a vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module; and a vehicle body. At least one electrical, electronic and/or electromagnetic component is disposed on the vehicle body, and the roof module comprises at least one functional feature configured to support and/or amplify at least one function of the at least one electrical, electronic and/or electromagnetic component and/or to extend a functional range of the at least one electrical, electronic and/or electromagnetic component.
1 . A motor vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body having disposed thereon at least one of an electrical, an electronic and an electro-magnetic component,
a roof module having a panel component, which at least partially forms a roof skin of a vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module;
wherein the roof module comprises at least one functional feature configured to at least one of support and amplify at least one function of the at least one electrical, electronic and electro-magnetic component and at least one of to extend a functional range of the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component;
wherein the motor vehicle is configured to be equipped or retrofitted with a pre-selected roof module configuration that comprises the required functional feature or features depending on a pre-configured application or a user-specific preference.
2 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component is disposed on the vehicle body directly or indirectly.
3 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component is disposed in at least one of a roof area of the vehicle body on a transverse rail, a longitudinal rail of a vehicle roof frame, and on a complete vehicle roof frame of the vehicle body.
4 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one functional feature is disposed on the panel component of the roof module directly or indirectly.
5 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the roof module comprises a roof module frame, via which the roof module is attached to the vehicle body, and the at least one functional feature is at least one of disposed on, integrated in and at least partially formed by the roof module frame.
6 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component has a housing, via which it is directly or indirectly disposed.
7 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component comprises an antenna and/or a measuring sensor and/or a communication device and/or an illumination device.
8 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component comprises an environment sensor.
9 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one functional feature comprises at least one other electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component configured to at least one of complement, amplify and extend the functional range of the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component.
10 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one functional feature comprises at least one of a cleaning feature, a temperature-control feature, a control feature, an amplifying feature, an optical feature, a communication interface, an energy generation feature, and an energy storage feature.
11 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one functional feature which comprises one of a mechanical, an electrical, an electronic, and an electromagnetic interface configured to interact with the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component when the roof module is disposed on the vehicle body.
12 . The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the roof module is disposed on a vehicle roof frame of the vehicle body as a structural unit.
13 . A roof module comprising,
a panel component, which at least partially forms a roof skin of a vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module,
wherein the roof module comprises a functional feature having at least one of a mechanical, an electrical, an electronic, and an electromagnetic interface configured to support and/or amplify at least one function of at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component and/or to extend a functional range of the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component, which is selected and installed on a vehicle body of a motor vehicle, when the roof module is in the installed state;
wherein the motor vehicle is configured to be equipped or retrofitted with a pre-selected roof module configuration that comprises the required functional feature or features depending on a pre-configured application or a user-specific preference.
14 . The motor vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component is directly or indirectly disposed on the vehicle body via a support element.
15 . The motor vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic and electromagnetic component has a housing, via which it is directly or indirectly disposed on by at least one of being mounted on, welded to, glued to and screwed to, the vehicle body.
16 . The motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the environment sensor is at least one of a lidar sensor, a radar sensor, a camera sensor, a multi-camera sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor.