Patent ID: 8220756

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising: a bracket comprising a sidewall defining at least one clamping hole; a receiving rack configured to receive the data storage device; a sliding member slidably mounted to the receiving rack; a first resilient member; and a latching unit comprising: a fitting member pivotally mounted to the receiving rack, the fitting member comprising a resisting plate, and an elastic clamping portion, a wedged protrusion protruding from the clamping portion, and operably latched with the receiving rack, opposite ends of the first resilient member resisting against the sliding member and the receiving rack; a locking member slidably received in the fitting member, and facing the sliding member, the locking member comprising at least one latching tab correspondingly engaged in the at least one clamping hole; and a second resilient member, opposite ends of the second resilient member resisting against the locking member and the fitting member; wherein when the at least one latching tab is moved away from the at least one clamping hole of the bracket to engage with the sidewall of the bracket, the sliding member is moved by the locking member to deform the first resilient member; thereafter, the sliding member resists the resisting plate, to block the fitting member from rotating further into the receiving rack, the wedged protrusion is incapable of latching with the receiving rack.