Roof module for forming a vehicle roof comprising a cooler

• Main Authors: Bachmann, Harald, Holzwarth, Achim, Lehotsky, Juraj, Mailhamer, Michael, Huelsen, Michael, Langlais, Cédric
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.09.2024
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING,OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODSSPACES OF VEHICLES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A roof module for forming a motor vehicle roof, the roof module having a panel component whose outer surface at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof module having at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals for detecting the vehicle environment. The environment sensor is disposed below the roof skin formed by the panel component, the roof module having a cooler configured to discharge exhaust heat emitted by the environment sensor and/or heat introduced from outside from the environment sensor.