Bumper assembly

Abstract

A vehicle includes a vehicle rear panel and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly has a rear fascia installed to the vehicle rear panel and an energy transfer member sandwiched between the rear fascia and the vehicle rear panel. The energy transfer member has an energy receiving portion and an energy dispersing portion. The energy receiving portion includes a rearward attachment surface of the energy transfer member that faces the rear fascia. The energy dispersing portion includes a forward attachment surface of the energy transfer member that faces the vehicle rear panel. The energy dispersing portion includes a forward attachment surface of the energy transfer member that faces the vehicle rear panel. The forward attachment surface has a maximum surface area and a maximum thickness that is less than a maximum surface area and a maximum thickness of the rearward attachment surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.