Patent ID: 6667880
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus for storage devices, the fixing apparatus comprising:at least one drive bracket for installing the storage devices therein, the at least one drive bracket comprising a first side panel defining a plurality of grooves for slidingly receiving screws attached on sides of the storage devices and thereby guiding the storage devices into the at least one drive bracket; and a fixing plate attached on the first side panel, the fixing plate having a plurality of locking elements corresponding to the grooves, each locking element comprising a spring portion and a stop wall, wherein when one of the screws of each storage device is slid in a corresponding groove, the said one of the screws presses a corresponding spring portion outwardly to cause the corresponding spring portion to elastically deform until the said one of the screws has slid past the corresponding spring portion to be sandwiched between a corresponding stop wall and the first side panel, thereby securing each storage device within the at least one drive bracket.