Patent ID: 8707540
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B22D,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a leader member in a recording tape cartridge, that is attached to a free end of a recording tape wound around a single reel accommodated in a case, and that is pulled out from an opening formed in the case by a pull out member of a drive device, the method comprising metal injection molding of stainless steel to form the leader member, wherein the leader member is a leader pin having a body on which the free end of the recording tape is wound, wherein a parting line extends along opposing sides of the leader member, and wherein the body of the leader member includes multiple portions, each portion including a planar area extending along the parting line in an axial direction of the leader member at each opposing side of the leader member, and each planar area being flat when compared with non-planar areas of the body.