Patent ID: 8406003

Claim:
A fixing apparatus for selectively fixing a first storage device or a second storage device, the fixing apparatus comprising: a frame comprising an end wall and opposite first and second fixing walls correspondingly extending from opposite ends of the end wall, wherein a receiving space bounded by the end wall and the first and second fixing walls receives the first storage device, with opposite sidewalls of the first storage device correspondingly fixed to the first and second fixing walls; a supporting arm pivotally connected to the frame, the supporting arm comprising a fixing plate rotatable between a first position and a second position, wherein when the fixing plate is in the first position, the fixing plate is received in the receiving space parallel and spaced from the first and second fixing walls, and the fixing plate cooperates with the second fixing wall to sandwich the second storage device therebetween; and when the fixing plate is in the second position, the fixing plate is out of the receiving space, allowing the first storage device to be sandwiched between the first and second fixing walls; and an elastic member connected between the supporting arm and the frame, biasing the supporting arm to retain its first position when there is no storage device mounted to the fixing apparatus, wherein a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion extend from the first fixing wall towards the second fixing wall, each of the first and second pivot portions defines a pivot hole, the supporting arm further comprises opposite first and second connecting portions correspondingly extending from opposite ends of the fixing plate, each of the first and second connecting portions defines a pivot hole, and two fasteners correspondingly extend through the pivot holes of the first and second connecting portions of the supporting arm, and are received in the pivot holes of the corresponding first and second pivot portions of the first fixing wall of the frame.