Abstract: A vehicle display with a housing having a gauge port, an interior wall around the gauge port, and an appliqué port extending from an exterior side of the vehicle display and intersecting the gauge port. A light source provides light into the gauge port and directs the light outwardly from a front side of the housing. An appliqué has a first locking feature. The appliqué port at least partially receives the appliqué between the front side of the housing and the light source. The light from the light source illuminates a portion of the appliqué. The first locking features releasably engages a second locking feature.

Abstract: A vehicle display with a housing having a gauge port, an interior wall around the gauge port, and an appliqué port extending from an exterior side of the vehicle display and intersecting the gauge port. A light source provides light into the gauge port and directs the light outwardly from a front side of the housing. An appliqué has a first locking feature. The appliqué port at least partially receives the appliqué between the front side of the housing and the light source. The light from the light source illuminates a portion of the appliqué. The first locking features releasably engages a second locking feature.

Abstract: A proximity/motion sensor is formed so as to be integral with an interior vehicle panel, such as a dashboard, in which it is provided. Preferably, the sensor is molded behind a transparent or translucent portion of the panel and is sealed inside a plastic material. Preferably, the sensor is an infrared (IR) sensor which receives light from the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a generally opaque panel with integral translucent areas. An opaque first liquid material is introduced onto the surface of a translucent film provided in a molding tool, and the first material, when cured, bonds to an area on the surface of the film. A translucent second liquid material is then introduced onto the translucent film in a second area, other than the one area. The surface of the translucent film to which the liquid materials have been introduced then becomes the interior surface of the panel. The resulting panel has a translucent front layer and, on its rear surface, an opaque material and a translucent material are formed into difference sections on a single layer.