Patent ID: 7924556

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a data storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising: a receiving tray for receiving the data storage device, a clamping protrusion protruding out from the receiving tray; a rack comprising a receiving room to receive the receiving tray; a rotatable shaft rotatably mounted to the rack, the rotatable shaft comprising a latching portion aligned with the clamping protrusion; two pivoting members fixedly mounted to opposite ends of the rotatable shaft, to rotatably mount the rotatable shaft to the rack; two resilient members mounted to the corresponding pivoting members, each resilient member resisting against the rack and the corresponding pivoting member; and a cover detachably mounted to the rack; wherein during the cover being mounted to the rack, the cover resists against the pivoting members, the pivoting members are rotated together with the rotatable shaft, the latching portion rotates to engage with the clamping protrusion, the resilient members are deformed; When the cover is removed from the rack, the resilient members are released to rotate the pivoting members together with the rotatable shaft, the latching portion rotates to disengage from the clamping protrusion.