Transmitting and / or receiving device for a vehicle and vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a transmitting and / or receiving device (3) for a vehicle (1), comprising at least one transmitting and / or receiving element (4) which is designed to emit and / or receive electromagnetic waves (5) and is at least partially covered by a first component (7), and comprising a second component (8) adjacent to the first component (7), wherein a joint (11) delimited on the one hand by the first component (7) and on the other hand by the second component (8) is arranged between the first component (7) and the second component (8), wherein at least one volume element (12) is at least partially arranged in the joint (11), into the interior (13) of which a gaseous or liquid medium can be introduced, whereby an increase in volume of the volume element (12) can be effected in order to remove ice or snow.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a transmitting and / or receiving device for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, according to the preamble of patent claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a vehicle according to the preamble of patent claim 10.

[0002] EP 1 760 826 A2 discloses a roof antenna for a vehicle. DE 11 2020 002 719 T5 discloses a housing assembly for an antenna device. DE 10 2019 122 186 B4 discloses a roof module for a motor vehicle. Furthermore, DE 10 2013 011 186 A1 discloses a sensor arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a distance sensor and means for removing ice or snow from a component of the distance sensor.

[0003] The object of the present invention is to provide a transmitting and / or receiving device for a vehicle and a vehicle with at least one such transmitting and / or receiving device, so that a particularly advantageous functionality of the transmitting and / or receiving device can be ensured.

[0004] This object is achieved according to the invention by a transmitting and / or receiving device having the features of patent claim 1 and by a vehicle having the features of patent claim 10. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

[0005] A first aspect of the invention relates to a transmitting and / or receiving device, also simply referred to as a device or apparatus, for a vehicle whose interior, also referred to as a passenger cell, passenger compartment or cabin, is formed, for example, by a vehicle structure designed, in particular, as a self-supporting body. While the vehicle is traveling, persons such as the driver of the vehicle can be present in the interior. Preferably, the vehicle is designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a motor vehicle and most particularly as a passenger car. In its fully manufactured state, the vehicle has the transmitting and / or receiving device (apparatus).The device has at least one transmitting and / or receiving element, also simply referred to as an element, which is designed for, in particular actively, emitting and / or receiving electromagnetic waves, in particular electromagnetic radiation.

[0006] The device has a first component which is preferably permeable to the electromagnetic waves and by means of which the element is at least partially, in particular at least predominantly and thus at least more than half or completely covered and thus lined, in particular with respect to the surroundings of the vehicle. In particular, the first component is formed separately from the element and is therefore provided in addition to the element. For example, the first component is spaced apart from the element. For example, the first component is formed from a plastic. For example, the first component is or forms a radome for the element, thus a closed protective sheath which at least partially surrounds the element. In particular, the element is designed to radiate the electromagnetic waves through the first component, i.e. through at least part of the first component.Alternatively or additionally, the element is designed to receive the electromagnetic waves penetrating the first component, that is to say at least a part of the first component, and thus to receive the electromagnetic waves via the first component, that is to say at least via the part of the first component.

[0007] For example, the element is a sensor or a component of a sensor, wherein the electromagnetic waves can be emitted and / or received by means of the sensor. For example, the element, in particular the sensor, is a radar sensor, by means of which the electromagnetic waves can be emitted as so-called radar waves, in particular actively, and can thus be radiated, for example, into or onto the surroundings of the vehicle. If, for example, at least some of the electromagnetic waves emitted by the element, i.e. radar waves, are reflected, for example by an object in the surroundings of the vehicle, the radar sensor can receive the reflected electromagnetic waves. This makes it possible, for example, to detect the object in the surroundings.

[0008] If the element is the sensor, in particular the radar sensor, the element has, for example, a housing, which is provided in particular in addition to the first component, and an element part, which is provided in particular in addition to the first component and in addition to the housing, by means of which the electromagnetic waves can be emitted and / or received. In this case, the element part is, for example, arranged in the housing such that, for example, the element part is at least partially, in particular at least predominantly and thus at least more than half or completely, in particular towards the surroundings, covered by the housing. In this case, the element part and, for example, also the housing are each at least partially, in particular at least predominantly and thus at least more than half or completely, in particular towards the surroundings, covered by the first component.For example, the first component is spaced apart from the element part and preferably also from the housing. In particular, the first component is formed separately from the element part and separately from the housing and is provided in addition to the housing and in addition to the element part. Most particularly, the first component is, for example, a trim element. The trim element can be an exterior trim element, which, for example, forms part of an outer skin of the vehicle, the outer skin of which can be visually and haptically perceived by a person in the surrounding area, i.e., can be seen and directly touched.

[0009] Furthermore, it is conceivable that the element for transmitting and / or receiving the electromagnetic waves and the first component are components of the same device, which can be, for example, the aforementioned sensor, in particular the aforementioned radar sensor, wherein the first component is then, for example, a housing of the device, in particular of the sensor, wherein the element is arranged in the housing, whereby the element is at least partially, in particular at least predominantly and thus at least more than half or completely covered, in particular towards the surroundings, by the first component. It is conceivable that at least a partial area of the element is covered towards the surroundings only by the first component, in particular the housing, and not by a further component.

[0010] For example, the sensor is the previously mentioned radar sensor or a LIDAR sensor or a distance sensor.

[0011] Furthermore, it is conceivable for the element to be a camera, by means of which images, in particular of at least a partial area of the vehicle's surroundings, can be captured, for example by receiving the electromagnetic waves. It is also possible for the above-mentioned device to be the aforementioned camera, so that, for example, the element can capture the images by receiving the electromagnetic waves, wherein, for example, the first component is a housing of the camera, in whose housing the element for actually capturing the images is arranged, so that the element is at least partially covered by the first component, in particular towards the surroundings. It is also conceivable for at least a partial area of the element towards the surroundings to be covered only by the first component and not by a further component.

[0012] In particular, the element is designed as an environmental sensor, by means of which, for example, at least part of the vehicle's surroundings can be detected. In particular, the element is an environmental sensor by means of which an object located in the surroundings can be detected. For example, the environmental sensor is the aforementioned radar sensor, the LIDAR sensor, or the distance sensor. In particular, the element is or comprises, in particular at least or precisely, an antenna.

[0013] The transmitting and / or receiving device (apparatus) also has a gap, which is delimited on the one hand by the first component and on the other hand by a second component adjacent to the first component, in particular directly in each case. The gap is thus arranged between the first component and the second component. The gap is to be understood as an intermediate space arranged between the first component and the second component, which is delimited on the one hand by the first component and on the other hand by the second component, in particular directly in each case. For example, the gap is open to the environment when considering the gap, the first component and the second component alone.The feature that the second component adjoins the first component is to be understood as meaning that the second component adjoins the first component, wherein the second component can touch the first component, or the second component and the first component are spaced apart from one another, in particular completely.

[0014] For example, the components are formed separately from one another and, for example, are at least indirectly connected to one another. For example, the second component is a second cladding element, in particular a second exterior cladding element, which, for example, forms a second part of the outer skin of the vehicle.

[0015] In order to be able to guarantee a particularly advantageous and particularly desired functionality, and thus operability, of the transmitting and / or receiving device, in particular even at cold outside temperatures and in the event of precipitation such as snow or ice, the invention provides that a volume element designed as a solid body is at least partially arranged in the joint, into the interior of which a liquid or gaseous medium, for example, can be introduced. By introducing the medium into the interior of the volume element and thus into the volume element, an increase in volume of the volume element can be brought about in order to remove ice or snow. In principle, it would be conceivable for the medium to be a liquid which comprises at least, in particular at least predominantly, or exclusively water. Furthermore, it is conceivable for the medium to be a gas, such as air.Preferably, the medium is a component of the device according to the invention.

[0016] It has been found that snow or ice can form on the joint and in the area surrounding the joint, particularly at very low, i.e., cold, ambient temperatures. It has also been found that snow or ice on the joint can negatively impact the emission of electromagnetic waves by the element and / or the reception of electromagnetic waves by the element. This can now be avoided by the invention in a simple, space-saving, weight-saving, and cost-effective manner.By increasing the volume of the volume element, snow, ice or other contaminants that are arranged on the volume element and / or close to the joint on the first component and / or on the second component and that can negatively affect the emission or reception of the electromagnetic waves can now be removed from the device, in particular blasted off and thereby removed, so that advantageous functionality of the device can be ensured even under adverse environmental conditions.

[0017] The first component is provided, for example, with a heating device, in particular an electrical one, i.e., an electrically operated one, by means of which the first component can be warmed, i.e., heated, for example, by electrically operating the heating device. This allows, for example, snow and / or ice arranged on the first component to be heated and thus melted. The melted ice or snow can then flow downwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle, for example, due to gravity.The invention can prevent the melted ice or snow from forming an ice beard, which freezes in the area of the joint and can negatively affect the transmission or reception of the electromagnetic waves, because such an ice beard that may form can now be removed from the device, in particular can be blown off from the device and removed by introducing the medium into the interior of the volume element, thereby causing the volume of the volume element to increase.

[0018] In principle, it would be conceivable to prevent the element from being affected by ice or snow by making the joint that adjoins the first component downwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle and the second component upwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle particularly large or wide, particularly when viewed in the vertical direction of the vehicle. However, this can lead to an undesirable joint pattern in the vehicle, which can negatively affect its visual appearance. Furthermore, it would be possible to provide the first component with the heating device over a particularly large area, but this can lead to high costs and an undesirably high weight. The problems and disadvantages mentioned above can now be avoided by the invention. The invention makes it possible to design the joint to be advantageously small, i.e. advantageously narrow.Furthermore, an excessively large, and thus costly, space-intensive, and weight-intensive design of the heating device can be avoided. On the one hand, the heating device can melt snow and ice from the first component. On the other hand, the volume increase of the volume element can remove snow or ice that forms in an unfavorable location from the device, thus ensuring advantageous functionality of the device.

[0019] In order to be able to introduce the medium into the interior of the volume element in a particularly targeted and demand-based manner and thus to effect the volume increase in a particularly targeted and demand-based manner, one embodiment of the invention provides that the device has a conveying element by means of which the medium, in particular a predeterminable or predetermined amount of the medium, can be conveyed into the interior of the volume element. Preferably, the conveying element, also referred to as a pump, is an electrical conveying element, thus an electrically operated conveying element, whereby the medium can be introduced, i.e. conveyed, into the interior of the volume element, thus into the volume element, in a targeted and demand-based manner.

[0020] For example, the volume element has in its interior, in particular at least or exactly one hollow chamber, so that, for example, the volume element has a hollow cross-section, in particular a closed one. The medium can be introduced into the hollow chamber, whereby the volume increase can be effected. The volume increase of the volume element can be effected non-destructively, i.e. the volume increase of the volume element can be effected without causing damage or destruction to the volume element. Furthermore, a volume reduction of the volume element can be effected, in particular following the volume increase. For this purpose, the medium can be or is discharged from the interior of the volume element, i.e. from the hollow chamber.

[0021] If a gas such as air is used as the medium, the volume element is or will be inflatable or inflated by introducing the medium into the interior of the volume element, thereby causing an increase in volume. If the medium is then removed, in particular again, from the volume element, i.e. from the interior of the volume element, then a reduction in volume of the volume element is or will be effected or caused. By effecting an increase in volume, i.e. by introducing the medium into the interior of the volume element, the volume element can be brought, in particular moved, from an initial position into an active position. By effecting a reduction in volume, the volume element can be brought, in particular moved, from the active position back to the initial position.This means, for example, that the volume element can be moved back and forth between the starting position and the active position as required, allowing, for example, contaminants such as ice or snow to be effectively and efficiently removed from the device.

[0022] In order to be able to introduce the medium specifically into the volume element, i.e. into the interior of the volume element, in a further embodiment of the invention at least one line through which the medium can flow is provided, by means of which the medium flowing through the line can be introduced into the interior of the volume element.

[0023] It has proven particularly advantageous if the line is fluidically connected, particularly at one end, to the conveying element and, particularly at the other end, to the interior of the volume element, so that the medium conveyed by the conveying element and thus flowing through the line can be introduced into the interior of the volume element via the line in a targeted, defined manner and as needed. This allows the volume increase to be achieved in a targeted, effective, and as needed.

[0024] Another embodiment is characterized by a container in which the medium can be accommodated or is accommodated. The medium can be provided from the container. The container is thus a source, also referred to as a medium source, which can provide the medium in order to introduce the medium into the interior of the volume element. This allows the volume increase to be achieved in a targeted and demand-based manner.

[0025] In order to be able to remove contaminants such as ice or snow from the device in a particularly advantageous manner, a further embodiment of the invention provides that the line is fluidically connected to the container and to the conveying element, which is in particular spaced apart from the container, and to the interior of the volume element, which is spaced apart from the conveying element and the container, such that the medium can be conveyed from the container into the line by means of the conveying element and conveyed through the line, by means of which the medium conveyed by means of the conveying element and thereby flowing through the line can be introduced into the interior of the volume element. In this way, the medium can be made available as needed by means of the container, and the medium can be conveyed as needed by means of the conveying element and can then be introduced into the interior in a targeted manner via the line.

[0026] Preferably, the volume element is sealed against the medium. Preferably, the conduit is sealed against the medium. Furthermore, the container is preferably sealed against the medium.

[0027] In order to particularly advantageously remove contaminants from the device and, for example, to be able to move the volume element back and forth between the starting position and the active position as needed, a further embodiment of the invention provides for the volume element to be elastically, in particular rubber-elastically, deformable. For this purpose, the volume element is preferably formed from an elastically, in particular rubber-elastically, deformable material such as an elastomer, in particular rubber.

[0028] Finally, it has proven particularly advantageous if, by introducing the medium, at least a partial region of the volume element can be moved from a stowed position into a use position. Thus, for example, at least the partial region of the volume element assumes the stowed position in the initial position of the volume element. Furthermore, for example, at least the partial region of the volume element assumes the use position in the active position of the volume element. In the use position, the partial region of the volume element projects further beyond the second component and / or the first component, i.e., more strongly, in particular towards the surroundings of the vehicle, than in the stowed position.For example, the partial area of the volume element does not extend beyond the second component and / or the first component in the stowed position, or the partial area of the volume element extends beyond the second component and / or the first component in the stowed position, but less than in the use position. This allows contaminants such as ice or snow to be effectively and efficiently removed from the device.

[0029] It is conceivable that, for example, by causing the volume increase, i.e., by introducing the medium into the interior of the volume element, the partial area can be moved out of the joint as the first partial area of the volume element, particularly while a second partial area of the volume element remains in the joint. This allows the device to be cleaned particularly advantageously, since contaminants can be removed, in particular blasted off, from the device.

[0030] A second aspect of the invention relates to a vehicle, preferably designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a motor vehicle and very particularly as a passenger car, which has at least one transmitting and / or receiving device, also simply referred to as a device, in particular according to the first aspect of the invention. According to the second aspect, the device has at least one transmitting and / or receiving element, also simply referred to as an element, designed to emit and / or receive electromagnetic waves. Furthermore, according to the second aspect of the invention, the vehicle has a first component which is permeable, for example, to the electromagnetic waves and by which the element is at least partially, in particular at least predominantly and thus at least more than half or completely, covered from the surroundings of the vehicle.For example, the first component is directly adjacent to the element, so that, for example, no other component of the vehicle is arranged between the first component and the element. Thus, for example, a free space, in particular exclusively filled with air, is provided between the element and the first component, which is free of any component of the vehicle. This allows the element to directly emit and / or receive electromagnetic waves in a particularly advantageous manner.

[0031] The vehicle according to the second aspect of the invention also has a second structural element adjacent, in particular directly, to the first structural element, wherein a joint, delimited on the one hand by the first structural element and on the other hand by the second structural element, in particular directly in each case, is arranged between the first structural element and the second structural element. For example, the second structural element adjoins the first structural element downwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle, so that, for example, the joint is arranged between the first structural element and the second structural element in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

[0032] In order to ensure advantageous functionality of the transmitting and / or receiving device (apparatus), particularly under adverse environmental conditions and particularly at low ambient temperatures, the second aspect of the invention provides that a volume element designed as a solid body is at least partially arranged in the joint, into the interior of which a gaseous or liquid medium can be introduced, whereby an increase in volume of the volume element can be effected to remove contaminants such as ice or snow from the device. Advantages and advantageous embodiments of the first aspect of the invention are to be regarded as advantages and advantageous embodiments of the second aspect of the invention, and vice versa.

[0033] For example, the first component forms a first part of an outer skin of the vehicle, the outer skin of which is visually and haptically perceptible by a person in the vicinity of the vehicle, i.e., can be seen and directly touched. Furthermore, it is preferably provided that the second component forms a second part of the outer skin of the vehicle. This can ensure particularly advantageous functionality of the device.

[0034] Further details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment with the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 a schematic front view of a vehicle in detail; Fig. 2 a partial schematic and sectional side view of the vehicle; and Fig. 3 shows a further schematic and sectioned side view of the vehicle.

[0035] In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference numerals.

[0036] Fig. 1 shows a schematic front view of a vehicle 1, which is used in the Fig. 1 is designed as a passenger car. In Fig. 1 shows part of a front 2 of the vehicle 1.

[0037] From a summary of Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 it can be seen that the vehicle 1, in particular at its front 2, has a transmitting and / or receiving device 3, also referred to simply as a device. The transmitting and / or receiving device 3 has at least one transmitting and / or receiving element 4, also referred to simply as an element, which is designed to Fig. 2 to emit and / or receive electromagnetic waves 5, which are particularly schematically illustrated. For example, the transmitting and / or receiving element 4 is or comprises a sensor, such as a radar sensor. Alternatively or additionally, the transmitting and / or receiving element 4 is or comprises, for example, a camera.

[0038] An environment of the vehicle 1 is in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is designated 6. Fig. 2 that the transmitting and / or receiving element 4 can, for example, emit the electromagnetic waves 5 and thereby radiate them into or onto the environment 6. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that the element can receive the electromagnetic waves 5 from the environment 6. In particular, the element is, for example, an environmental sensor by means of which at least a partial area of the environment 6 of the vehicle 1 can be detected, in particular in such a way that by receiving the electromagnetic waves 5, images of at least the partial area of the environment 6 can be captured by means of the element and / or that by receiving the electromagnetic waves 5, at least one object located in the environment 6 can be detected.

[0039] The device and thus the vehicle 1 also comprise a covering element 7, which is designed in particular separately from the transmitting and / or receiving element 4 (element) and is permeable to the electromagnetic waves 5, through which, as in conjunction with Fig. 1, the element is completely covered and thus covered by the surroundings 6 and, in this case, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1 towards the front. Thus, for example, objects arranged in the surroundings 6 in front of the vehicle 1 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle can be detected by means of the transmitting and / or receiving element 4 by receiving the electromagnetic waves 5. Thus, for example, the aforementioned partial area of the surroundings 6, the partial area of which can be detected by means of the transmitting and / or receiving element 4, is arranged in front of the vehicle 1 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The covering element 7 is thus a first component of the device.

[0040] Recognizable from Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is also that, in the vertical direction of the vehicle 1, a second component 8 of the vehicle 1 adjoins the cladding element 7 downwards. The vertical direction of the vehicle is illustrated by a double arrow 9. In particular, the component 8 is formed separately from the cladding element 7. Furthermore, for example, the component 8 is formed separately from the transmitting and / or receiving element 4.

[0041] The vehicle 1 has an outer skin 10, also referred to as the overall outer skin, which can be visually and haptically perceived, i.e. seen and directly touched, by a person located in the environment 6. The cladding element 7 forms a first part T1 of the outer skin 10. The component 8 forms, for example, a second part T2 of the outer skin 10. Thus, for example, the component 8 is another cladding element of the vehicle 1. For example, the component 8 is, in particular, a front bumper. It can also be seen that the vehicle 1 has a joint 11, which is arranged, in particular, in the vertical direction of the vehicle 1, between the cladding element 7 and the component 8, which in the present case is delimited upwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle and thus, on the one hand, in particular directly, by the cladding element 7.In the vertical direction of the vehicle 1 downwards and thus on the other hand, the joint 11 is limited, in particular directly, by the structural element 8.

[0042] The cladding element 7 is provided, for example, with an electrical heating device, by means of which the cladding element 7 can be heated by electrically operating the heating device. As a result, ice or snow, which is frozen to the cladding element 7 on its front side facing away from the element, can be melted, so that water is formed from the snow or ice, which can then flow downwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle due to gravity and thus towards the joint 11. At very cold ambient temperatures, for example, ice can form close to the joint 11 on the cladding element 7 and / or the component 8, which can form a layer of, for example, Fig. 1, so-called ice beard 16. In order to prevent the ice beard 16 from negatively affecting the emission and / or reception of the electromagnetic waves 5 by the element and thus to be able to ensure advantageous functionality of the device even at low ambient temperatures, a volume element 12, which is designed as a solid body and is particularly separate from the element, separate from the cladding element 7 and separate from the component 8, is at least partially arranged in the gap 11, into the interior 13 of which a medium, for example a liquid or gaseous medium, can be introduced. For example, the volume element 12 is elastically deformable, in particular rubber-elastic. For this purpose, the volume element 12 is formed, for example, from an elastically deformable material such as an elastomer.By introducing the medium into the interior 13 of the volume element 12, an increase in the volume of the volume element 12 can be effected to remove the ice beard 16 and thus to remove ice or snow from the device. If the medium is drained from the interior 13 after the volume increase has occurred, this causes a reduction in the volume of the volume element 12, particularly following the volume increase.

[0043] Fig. 2 shows the volume element 12 in an initial position A of the volume element 12. By introducing the medium into the interior 13 and thus causing the volume increase of the volume element 12, the volume element 12 is moved from the initial position A into a Fig.3 shown active position W. It can be seen that by transferring the volume element 12 from the starting position A into the active position W, i.e. by causing the volume element 12 to increase in volume, at least a partial area TB of the volume element 12 can be brought, i.e. transferred, from a stowed position V, which is associated with the starting position A, into a use position G, which is associated with the active position W. In the use position G, the partial area TB of the volume element 12 projects further forward than the cladding element 7 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1, i.e. more strongly, than in the stowed position V. The longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1 is illustrated by a double arrow 14.

[0044] The device has, for example, a particularly schematically illustrated and preferably electrical, i.e. electrically operated, conveying element 15, which is also referred to as a pump. By electrically operating the pump, the medium can be conveyed into the interior 13 and thus into the volume element 12, whereby the volume of the volume element 12 can be increased by elastic deformation of the volume element 12. Thereafter, for example, the medium can be conveyed out of the interior 13 by means of the conveying element 15, or a discharge or outflow of the medium from the interior 13 can be effected or permitted, whereby the volume reduction of the volume element 12 following the volume increase can be effected or is effected.The volume element 12 returns from the active position W to the starting position A, so that the partial area TB returns from the use position G to the stowed position V.

[0045] In the active position W, the volume element 12 is elastically deformed, so that a spring force acts as a restoring force in the volume element 12. Counter to the spring force, the volume element 12 is held in the active position W by means of the medium introduced into the interior 13. If the removal or discharge of the medium from the interior 13 is effected or permitted, the volume element 12 can automatically or independently return from the active position W to the starting position A due to the spring force, which is accompanied by a return of the partial area TB from the use position G to the stowed position V. In particular, if the medium is a gas such as air, for example, the medium can originate from the environment 6.Then, for example, by means of the conveying element 15, the air is conveyed from the environment 6 and thereby conveyed into the interior 13 in order to inflate the volume element 12 and thus cause the volume increase of the volume element 12. By increasing the volume of the volume element 12, for example, the ice beard 16 can be removed from the device, in particular blasted off, whereupon the transmitting and / or receiving element 4 can advantageously receive and / or emit the electromagnetic waves 5. List of reference symbols 1 vehicle 2 fronts 3 Transmitting and / or receiving device 4 Transmitting and / or receiving element 5 electromagnetic waves 6 Surroundings 7 Cladding element 8 Component 9 Double arrow 10 Outer skin 11 Fugue 12 volume element 13 Interior 14 Double arrow 15 Conveyor element 16 Icebeard A Starting position G Use position T1 first part T2 second part TB sub-area V stowage position W Effective position

Claims

[1] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) for a vehicle (1), with at least one transmitting and / or receiving element (4) which is designed to emit and / or receive electromagnetic waves (5) and is at least partially covered by a first component (7), and with a second component (8) adjacent to the first component (7), wherein a joint (11) delimited on the one hand by the first component (7) and on the other hand by the second component (8) is arranged between the first component (7) and the second component (8), characterized by that at least one volume element (12) is at least partially arranged in the joint (11), into the interior (13) of which a gaseous or liquid medium can be introduced, whereby an increase in volume of the volume element (12) can be effected in order to remove ice or snow. [2] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to claim 1, characterized bya conveying element (15) by means of which the medium can be conveyed into the interior (13) of the volume element (12). [3] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by at least one line through which the medium can flow, by means of which the medium flowing through the line can be introduced into the interior (13) of the volume element (12). [4] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to claims 2 and 3, characterized by that the line is fluidically connected to the conveying element (15) and to the interior (13) of the volume element (12), so that the medium conveyed by means of the conveying element (15) and thereby flowing through the line can be introduced into the interior (13) of the volume element (12) by means of the line. [5] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a container in which the medium can be received, which can be provided by the container. [6] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to claim 5 in its reference to claim 4, characterized by that the line is fluidically connected to the container and to the conveying element (15) and to the interior (13) of the volume element (12), so that by means of the conveying element (15) the medium can be conveyed from the container into the line and through the line, by means of which the medium conveyed by means of the conveying element (15) and thereby flowing through the line can be introduced into the interior (13) of the volume element (12). [7] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to claims 3 and 5, characterized by that the line is fluidically connected to the container and to the interior (13) of the volume element (12), so that the medium can be introduced from the container into the interior (13) of the volume element (12) by means of the line. [8] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the volume element (12) is elastically deformable. [9] Transmitting and / or receiving device (3) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that by introducing the medium at least a partial area (TB) of the volume element (12) can be moved from a stowed position (V) into a use position (G), in which the partial area (TB) of the volume element (12) projects further beyond the second component (8) and / or the first component (7) than in the stowed position (V). [10] Vehicle (1), with at least one transmitting and / or receiving device (3), which has at least one transmitting and / or receiving element (4) designed to emit and / or receive electromagnetic waves (5), with a first component (7), by which the transmitting and / or receiving element (4) is at least partially covered towards an environment (6) of the vehicle (1), and with a second component (8) adjacent to the first component (7), wherein a joint (11) delimited on the one hand by the first component (7) and on the other hand by the second component (8) is arranged between the first component (7) and the second component (8), characterized by that a volume element (12) is at least partially arranged in the joint (11), into the interior (13) of which a gaseous or liquid medium can be introduced, whereby an increase in volume of the volume element (12) can be effected in order to remove ice or snow.

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