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Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,604 · App. 17/794,506 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Vehicle roof comprising a support and a roof module

Inventors: Michael Huelsen (Stockdorf, DE); Engelbert Hirschvogel (Stockdorf, DE)
Assignee: WEBASTO SE
B60R9/04B60R11/0258B62D25/06B60R2300/105B60R2300/301
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,172,604
App. No.
17/794,506
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle roof having a support on the vehicle body shell, a roof module disposed on the support and having a roof skin, and a sensor system having at least one sensor module having at least one environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment, the environment sensor being disposed in a lateral edge area of the roof module associated with a lateral roof edge and being covered by the roof skin, the roof skin having a sensor see-through area for the environment sensor, the sensor see-through area being oriented in the transverse roof direction and being situated higher than the associated roof edge or an adjacent area of the associated roof edge and/or being located above the associated roof edge.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle roof comprising:

a support on the vehicle body shell,

a roof module disposed on the support and having a roof skin, and

a sensor system having at least one sensor module comprising at least one environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment, the environment sensor being disposed in a lateral edge area of the roof module associated with a lateral roof edge and being covered by the roof skin, the roof skin having a sensor see-through area for the environment sensor, the sensor see-through area being oriented in the transverse roof direction and being situated higher than the associated roof edge or an adjacent area of the associated roof edge and/or being located above the associated roof edge;

wherein the roof skin forms a lateral beam-like housing portion which extends in the longitudinal roof direction and below which the environment sensor is disposed and which has an external side wall which comprises the sensor see-through area.

2. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin comprises a dome below which the environment sensor is disposed and on which the sensor see-through area is formed.

3. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof see-through area forms a plane which intersects the vertical longitudinal center roof plane and/or the roof edge.

4. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin has a lateral end face which has the sensor see-through area.

5. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin has a bulge which covers the roof edge associated with the environment sensor in the transverse roof direction.

6. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin comprises a front cover.

7. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the environment sensor is disposed on a sensor support in such a manner that its cone of vision is tilted toward the ground and relative to a support portion of the roof module.

8. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof edges are each formed by a roof side rail comprised by the support on the vehicle body shell.

9. A motor vehicle comprising a vehicle roof according to claim 1 .

10. The vehicle roof according to claim 6 , wherein the roof skin front cover is disposed forward of a roof opening.

11. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin comprises another see-through area on a side of a vertical longitudinal center roof plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: HUELSEN, MICHAEL; HIRSCHVOGEL, ENGELBERT
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 060799/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 103 696.5 · Feb 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230055797A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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