Electronic key for a vehicle

A method for producing a housing for an electronic key for a vehicle, said method comprising:

• providing an injection mold having a molding space configured to form a housing having a housing wall section with a reduced wall thickness;
• injecting a molding compound into the molding space;
• and
• applying an opaque layer to the housing wall section with the reduced wall thickness, said opaque layer including cutouts that at least partially define an information symbol that represents an item of information to be displayed to a user,
• wherein forming the housing wall section with the reduced wall thickness comprises moving a movable slide of the injection mold into the molding space once a molding compound has been injected into the molding space in a plastically deformable state of the molding compound.

An electronic key for a vehicle, comprising:

• a housing having a housing wall that includes a semitransparent display section;
• an information symbol that represents an item of information to be displayed to a user;
• the display section having a housing wall section with a reduced wall thickness;
• an opaque layer applied to an inner side of the housing wall section with the reduced wall thickness, said opaque layer including cutouts that at least partially define the information symbol;
• a lighting source arranged on the inner side of the housing wall section with the reduced wall thickness, the lighting source configured to illuminate said housing inner side;
• a switching element configured to initiate a key function;
• a switching cap in the housing and configured for actuation by a user, wherein the switching cap is mechanically connected to the switching element for actuation of the switching element via user actuation of the switching cap.