Patent ID: 8456831

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a hard disk drive, comprising: a bracket comprising a first side plate and a second side plate opposite to the first side plate, wherein an opening is defined in each of the first and second side plates adjacent to rear ends of the first and second side plates, a front end of each of the first and second side plates and a portion of each of the first and second side plates bounding a rear end of the corresponding opening each define a first notch slantingly extending down and back, and an elongated first slot extending back from a rear end of the first notch; and a resilient plate mounted to an outer surface of the first side plate and capable of sliding between a first position and a second position, wherein a front end of the resilient plate defines a second notch slantingly extending down and back, and a semicircular second slot extending back from a rear end of the second notch, when the resilient plate is slid to the first position, the second notch aligns and overlaps with one of the first notches of the first side plate, and the second slot aligns and overlaps with a front end of a corresponding one of the first slots of the first side plate; when the resilient plate is slid rearward to the second position, the resilient plate is locked to the first side plate, with the second slot aligning and overlapping with a rear end of said corresponding one of the first slots, and the second notch partially overlapping said corresponding one of the first slots and staggered from the corresponding first notch.