Roof module with cooling system
OwnerThomas PODOLSKIinventor
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Abstract
Roof module for forming a vehicle roof on a motor vehicle, the roof module having a surface component which at least in some regions forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, a tray which defines a wet area, an environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment, wherein the environment sensor is arranged in a sensor housing which defines a dry area, wherein the environment sensor is arranged in the wet area in a retractable and extendable manner relative to the surface component and the tray, wherein the roof module also has a cooling device with a cooling line for cooling the sensor housing by an interior air of the motor vehicle, wherein the cooling line can be guided at least in some regions through the wet area into an interior and/or a vehicle frame of the motor vehicle.
Claims10
A roof module for forming a vehicle roof on a motor vehicle, the roof module having:
- a surface component which at least in some regions forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof,
- a tray which defines a wet area,
- an environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment,
- wherein the environment sensor is arranged in a sensor housing which defines a dry area,
- wherein the environment sensor is arranged in the wet area in a retractable and extendable manner relative to the surface component and the tray,
- wherein the roof module also has a cooling device with a cooling line for cooling the sensor housing by means of an interior air of the motor vehicle, and
- wherein the cooling line is guided at least in some regions through the wet area into an interior and/or a vehicle frame of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.