Patent ID: 8599549

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for mounting a hard disk drive backplane in a chassis, comprising: a hard disk drive bracket comprising a top plate, a first end plate, a second end plate, and a bottom plate mounted on the chassis, wherein a locking slot is defined in a rear side of the top plate, a flange extends perpendicularly from a rear end of the first end plate, two raised portions protrude from an inner surface of the rear end of the first end plate adjacent to the flange, a clipping portion is formed from a rear end of the second end plate, a plurality of tabs and a plurality of mounting pieces respectively near the tabs protrude from a rear side of the bottom plate; a first mounting member fixed to a bottom side of the backplane, wherein an engaging portion extends from a bottom of the first mounting member; a second mounting member fixed to a top side of the backplane, wherein a locking piece extends down from a front side of the second mounting member; a locking member fixed to the chassis; and a pivot member with a first end pivotably connected to the chassis, wherein a pressing portion extends down from a middle of the pivot member; wherein the backplane is arranged on the chassis and set at a rear side of the bracket, the bottom side of the backplane is clipped between the tabs and the mounting pieces, a first end of the backplane is clipped between the raised portions and the flange, a second end of the backplane is clipped by the clipping portion, the locking piece is locked to the locking slot, the pivot member is pivoted down until a second end of the pivot member, away from the first end of the pivot member, is locked to the locking member such that the pressing portion presses the engaging portion on the chassis.