Patent ID: 8570743

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for fans, comprising: a chassis comprising two opposite sidewalls, wherein a protrusion and a hook under the protrusion protrude from an inner surface of each sidewall; a bracket comprising a fixing plate for mounting the fans, and two end plates respectively extending from opposite ends of the fixing plate, wherein each end plate defines a first slot, a second slot under the first slot, a first notch extends through a side of the end plate, away from the fixing plate, and communicates with a bottom end of the first slot, and a second notch extends through the side of the end plate, away from the fixing plate, and communicates with a bottom end of the second slot; and two resilient plates respectively mounted to inner surfaces of the end plates, each resilient plate defining a hooking hole aligning and overlapping with a corresponding one of the second slots, wherein when the protrusions respectively extend through the first notches and align with the first slots, the hooks respectively extend through the second notches and align with the second slots; and when the fixing plate is pushed down, the protrusions respectively engage with the first slots, and the hooks respectively move along the second slots, and deform the resilient plates, and then engage in the hooking holes, to lock the bracket to the chassis.