Golf club head

Abstract

A golf club head includes a face frame defining a frame space, a supporting wall extending from the face frame, a fiber wall extending from and cooperating with a rear peripheral edge of the face frame and a peripheral edge of the supporting wall to confine an inner space thereamong, and a face panel received in the frame space and integrally connected to an inner face of the face frame which confines the frame space.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A golf club head comprising: 
 a face frame having opposite front and rear sides, defining a frame space, and further having a looped rear peripheral edge, and a looped inner face that confines said frame space, said face frame being made from a first metal;    a supporting wall extending rearwardly from said face frame in a transverse direction relative to said face frame, and having a peripheral edge, said supporting wall being made from a second metal;    a fiber wall integrally connected to and extending between said peripheral edge of said supporting wall and said rear peripheral edge of said face frame, and cooperating with said supporting wall and said face frame to confine an inner space thereamong, said inner space being in spatial communication with said frame space, said fiber wall being made from a resin-impregnated fiber sheet material; and    a face panel received in said frame space and integrally connected to said inner face to cover said frame space.    
     
     
         2 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein said face frame has a bottom wall, said supporting wall extending rearwardly from said bottom wall of said face frame, said face frame further having a top wall that is opposite to said bottom wall and that has a flanged end which is formed with a rod-receiving hole, said golf club head further comprising a shaft-connecting rod that projects upwardly from said supporting wall through said rod-receiving hole.  
     
     
         3 . The golf club head of  claim 2 , wherein said top wall of said face frame is formed with two opposing first engaging grooves, said supporting wall having a distal end that is distal from said face frame and that is formed with a second engaging groove, said fiber wall being formed with a plurality of engaging tongues that extend into and that engage said first and second engaging grooves, respectively.  
     
     
         4 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein said face frame is integrally formed with said supporting wall as a single piece, said first and second metals are steel, and said face panel is made from titanium alloy.  
     
     
         5 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein said face frame is integrally connected to said supporting wall, said first metal is titanium alloy, said second metal is steel, and said face panel is made from titanium alloy.