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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
N.s. International, Ltd, Troy, MI (US);
Saumil Wagle, Dearborn, MI (US);
Diyu Chen, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Arul Krishna, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
N.S. International, Ltd., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A composite instrument panel having both an electronic display and an opaque dial plate is provided with features that mimic a seamless electronic display. The instant panel includes an electronic display and an applique having a translucent or transparent window through which the electronic display is viewable, and an opaque area adjacent the window defining a dial plate upon which indicia can be printed, the transparent or translucent window having a peripheral border area that transitions from transparent or translucent at an inner edge of the border nearer a center of the window to opaque or nearly opaque at an outer edge of the border farther from the center of the window.