Patent ID: 7261249

Claim:
A tape cartridge comprising: a reel; a braking member formed of resin and able to move reciprocatingly at least between a locking position at which the braking member prohibits rotation of the reel, and an unlocking position at which the braking member permits rotation of the reel; a releasing member formed of resin and able to engage with the braking member for the reciprocating movement; and a metal plate positioned between the braking member and the releasing member, and fixed to one of the braking member and the releasing member by a portion of one of the braking member and the releasing member being crimped, and having an abutment surface which can abut another of the braking member and the releasing member, wherein the one of the braking member and the releasing member has a plurality of projections for the crimping which are integrally molded with the one of the braking member and the releasing member; and wherein each of the projections has a portion positioned at a radially outer side of the metal plate, and a portion deformed by the crimping and bent over the top of the abutment surface.