Patent ID: 7002811

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for securing a plurality of expansion cards with cover plates to a computer, the mounting apparatus comprising: a chassis comprising a rear panel, the rear panel having a mounting frame; a bracket arranged at the rear panel, comprising a pair of guiding portions, a locating aperture defined in each of the guiding portions; and a mounting member slidably received in the guiding portions of the bracket, the mounting member comprising a main portion and a pair of operating members, the main portion comprising a base, and first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the base, a pair of mounting holes defined in one of the sidewalls, the operating members pivotally secured between the first and second sidewall, each of the operating members having a protrusion and a fastening portion; wherein when the cover plates are attached to the mounting frame of the rear panel of the chassis, the mounting member is driven downwardly toward the cover plates until the base of the mounting member presses the cover plates, and the operating members are rotated until the fastening portions engage in corresponding locating apertures of the guiding portions of the bracket, and wherein when the protrusions of the operating members engage in corresponding mounting holes of the main portion of the mounting member, the expansion cards are thereby mounted on the chassis.