Patent ID: 7254041
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mounting apparatus for one or more expansion cards, each of the expansion cards comprising a slot cover, the mounting apparatus comprising: a chassis having a rear panel, the rear panel defining a plurality of slots for receiving the slot covers, and forming a support plate, a securing slot defined in the rear panel; a retaining bracket detachably seated on the support plate, the retaining bracket comprising a pressing plate and a main body perpendicular to the pressing plate, a securing member extending outward from the main body, for engaging in the securing slot, a pair of tabs respectively extending downward and then backward from two opposite ends of the pressing plate, and each of the tabs and the pressing plate together defining therebetween a sliding slot configured for the support plate sliding therein when the retaining bracket is attached to the support plate whereby the pressing plate secures the slot cover on the support plate; and a top cover mounted on the chassis, the top cover having a downward extending flange configured for cooperating with the real panel for sandwiching the main body of the retaining bracket therebetween.