Patent ID: 9533628
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B60R,B62D

Claim:
1. An exterior vehicle trim for one of the pillars of a vehicle and/or for a vehicle door comprising: a first plastic component layer that forms a decorative or covering surface of the trim, the first plastic component layer is at least partly transparent or semitransparent and is continuously formed without any recesses there through; a second plastic component layer that lies behind relative to the exterior of the vehicle and is directly molded to the first plastic component layer, the second plastic component layer including one or more cut-outs; a keypad and/or a sensor having display elements, the keypad and/or sensor is located in the one or more cutouts of the second plastic component layer and disposed behind the decorative or covering surface of the trim; and a hook spaced apart from an edge of the second component that defines the one or more cut-outs, the hook molded to the second plastic component layer and protruding from the second plastic component layer to attach to the keypad and/or sensor; wherein the keypad and/or the sensor are self-luminous or can be illuminated to make the display elements visible through the decorative or covering surface of the trim.