Patent ID: 7364242
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A mounting apparatus for accommodating data storage devices therein, the mounting apparatus comprising: a chassis comprising a front panel, a side panel and a mounting wall parallel to the side panel, the front panel defining an opening therein, a fixing portion being formed on the front panel close to the opening; a bracket adapted for holding the data storage devices comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall; and a fixing member pivotably secured to an outer side of the second sidewall of the bracket comprising a body and a retaining portion extending from the body, an avoiding gap being defined in the body at a bottom portion thereof, a rotation portion and a resisting portion of the body being formed at a rear side and a front side of the avoiding gap respectively; wherein said bracket slides in the chassis from the opening thereof, the fixing member bestrides the front panel at a bottom of the opening via the avoiding gap, with the rotation portion being located at an inner side of the chassis and the resisting portion being located at an outer side of the chassis, the fixing portion of the front panel engages with the retaining portion of the fixing member for thereby securing the data storage devices in the bracket; wherein the chassis further comprises a bottom panel, the mounting wall comprises a first mounting panel and a second mounting panel, the side panel and the first mounting panel extend upwardly from the bottom panel, the bracket further comprises a bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall extend upwardly from both opposite sides of the bottom wall; and wherein the second sidewall of the bracket comprises a first vertical wall, a horizontal wall and a second vertical wall, a slot is defined in the first mounting panel and perpendicular to the front panel, a sliding flange is stamped outwardly from a top of the first vertical wall perpendicularly to the first vertical wall, corresponding to the slot of the first mounting panel.