Synthetic material structural body panel

A package tray or an automotive vehicle which comprises a first panel comprising fiber reinforced resin having an aperture extending entirely through the thickness thereof, and a metal attachment plate molded into said fiber reinforced resin and spanning said aperture remote from a first surface of said package tray, said metal attachment plate being attached to a second structural body panel of said vehicle adjacent said first surface of said package tray, a portion of said fiber reinforced resin being sandwiched between said metal attachment plate and said second plate.

A joint between a first structural body panel and a synthetic material structural body panel, a first surface of which synthetic material structural body panel lies adjacent said first structural body panel, which joint comprises:

• a metal attachment plate spanning an aperture extending entirely through said synthetic material and molded into said synthetic material remote from said first surface;
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• means securing said metal attachment plate to said second structural body panel.

A welded joint between a first structural body panel of an automotive vehicle and a package tray of said automotive vehicle, a first surface of which package tray lies adjacent said first structural body panel, wherein said package tray comprises a fiber reinforced resin panel, which welded joint comprises:

• a weldable metal attachment/plate spanning an aperture extending entirely through the thickness of said fiber reinforced resin panel, said metal attachment plate molded into fiber reinforced resin panel remote from said first surface;
• and
• a metal weld securing said metal attachment plate to said first structural body panel, wherein a portion of said fiber reinforced resin panel is sandwiched between said metal attachment plate and said first structural body panel.