Roof module comprising a cooling mechanism

A roof module for forming a vehicle roof on a motor vehicle, the roof module comprising:

• a panel component which at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module,
• at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals through a roof see-through area to detect a vehicle environment, and
• a cooling mechanism having a cooling-air inlet, a filter member, and at least one cooling channel, the cooling mechanism being configured to dissipate waste heat emitted by the environment sensor and/or ambient heat introduced from outside from the environment sensor,
• wherein the filter member comprises a conical and/or pot-shaped shape and is provided at the cooling-air inlet and is configured to prevent and/or reduce an entry of foreign particles and/or liquid into an interior of the at least one cooling channel, and
• wherein the filter member comprises a prefilter disposed on the cooling-air inlet and being flush with the surrounding panel component, the prefilter having a mesh size larger than a mesh size of the fine filter.