Patent ID: 8363394
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An expansion card module mounted to a computer, the computer comprising a motherboard and a mounting bracket adapted for receiving a storage device, the expansion card module comprising: a box received in the mounting bracket of the computer and shaped like the storage device; an expansion card received in the box, and comprising a fixing plate fixed to the box; and an adapter card received in the box, and electrically connected to the motherboard and the expansion card; wherein the box comprises a bottom plate, and two sidewalls perpendicularly extending up from opposite sides of the bottom plate, each of the sidewalls of the box defines a plurality of screw holes to engage with a plurality of screws used for fixing the box to the mounting bracket of the computer; wherein the box further comprises an end plate perpendicularly extending up from a front end of the bottom plate, a fixing block and a locking tab are respectively attached to the end plate, opposite ends of the fixing plate of the expansion card are correspondingly fixed to the fixing block and the locking tab; wherein the fixing plate is L-shaped and comprises a blocking portion with a tapered tongue formed at a first end of the blocking portion, and a retaining portion perpendicularly extending from a second end of the blocking portion opposite to the tapered tongue, the retaining portion is fixed to the fixing block of the box with a screw, the tapered tongue is engaged between the locking tab and the end plate of the box; and wherein a bottom of the locking tab is fixed to the end plate, a top of the locking tab is movable related to the end plate, and tends to resist against the end plate under elasticity of the locking tab, to prevent the tapered tongue of the fixing plate from disengaging from the locking tab.