IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,397
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,397 · App. 18/187,409 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Vehicle roof comprising an environment sensor and a cooling feature

Inventors: Thomas Podolski (Stockdorf, DE); Juraj Lehotsky (Stockdorf, DE)
Assignee: WEBASTO SE
B60H1/00271B60H1/00207B60H2001/00235
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Patent No.
US 12,415,397
App. No.
18/187,409
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle roof, in particular for a passenger car, the vehicle roof having a one-part or multi-part roof skin, at least one environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment, the environment sensor being disposed below the roof skin and being able to detect the vehicle environment through a sensor see-through area of the roof skin, and a cooling feature for cooling the environment sensor, at least part of the cooling feature being disposed in a wet area, and the environment sensor being disposed in the wet area.

Claims (19)

1. A vehicle roof, in particular for a passenger car, the vehicle roof comprising:

a one-part or multi-part roof skin,

at least one environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment,

the environment sensor being disposed below the roof skin and being able to detect the vehicle environment through a sensor see-through area of the roof skin, and

a cooling feature for cooling the environment sensor,

at least part of the cooling feature being disposed in a wet area, and the environment sensor being disposed in the wet area.

2. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling feature comprises at least one air duct in which a fan is disposed.

3. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein a cooling element is disposed in the air duct, the cooling element being connected to a base of the environment sensor via at least one thermally conductive element.

4. The vehicle roof according to claim 3 , wherein the base of the environment sensor is inserted into a cutout of a support, the support being covered by the roof skin.

5. The vehicle roof according to claim 4 , wherein a circumferential seal is disposed on the base of the environment sensor, the seal interacting with the support and surrounding the cutout.

6. The vehicle roof according to claim 4 , wherein the base of the environment sensor is a holder, which is attached to the support.

7. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin comprises at least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening, which allow air to flow through the cooling feature.

8. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein air-guiding ribs, which form an air duct of the cooling feature, are formed on an inner side of the roof skin.

9. The vehicle roof according to claim 8 , wherein the environment sensor is located in the air duct formed by the air-guiding ribs.

10. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein the roof skin comprises at least one removable dome under which the environment sensor is disposed.

11. The vehicle roof according to claim 1 , wherein it is a roof module.

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

13. The vehicle roof according to claim 4 , wherein the support being covered by the roof skin is formed by a roof frame.

14. The vehicle roof according to claim 6 wherein the base of the holder is attached to the support from above.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2023
From: PODOLSKI, THOMAS; LEHOTSKY, JURAJ
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 063569/0243 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 106 885.4 · Mar 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230302870A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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