Patent ID: 7724538

Claim:
A retaining device for a PCI card, comprising: a chassis having a rear wall; a blocking wall perpendicular to the rear wall; a mounting bracket secured on the rear wall, the mounting bracket having a sidewall opposite to the blocking wall; a clipping plate configured for retaining the PCI card, the clipping plate comprising a first end engaged with the chassis and a second end abutting on the sidewall of the mounting bracket; and a latch member tightly sandwiched between the blocking wall and the sidewall of the mounting bracket; the latch member comprising a bottom wall, first and second sidewalls perpendicular to the bottom wall; the first sidewall pressing the second end of the clipping plate thereby forcing the second end of the clipping plate to abut against the sidewall of the mounting bracket; and the bottom wall is parallel to and engages the chassis rear wall to secure the latch member to the chassis.