Patent ID: 7985086
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A mounting apparatus comprising: an electrical connector for mounting an expansion card thereon, the connector comprising a top surface and two opposite side surfaces extending downwardly from two opposite sides of the top surface, the connector defining a slot in the top surface thereof for engagingly receiving a bottom portion of the expansion card, the connector further defining two sliding grooves therein adjacent to two ends of the slot, respectively, each of the two sliding grooves extending though the two side surfaces of the connector; and two latching mechanisms connected to two opposite ends of the connector, each of the latching mechanisms comprising: wherein when the latching members are detached from the expansion card and the guide pins are pulled up by the latching members to move from bottom ends of the sliding grooves to top ends of the sliding grooves, the guide pins push the expansion card up out of the slot of the connector.