Patent ID: 7518858

Claim:
A mounting structure adaptable to attach and remove a rotary disk storage device having a recording medium, an interface connector, and a housing, and to plug and unplug the interface connector, the mounting structure comprising: a device connector connectable to the interface connector; a guide which positions the rotary disk storage device within the mounting structure; a clamper movable in a vertical direction of the recording medium between a fixing position and a releasing position to fix or release an end portion of the housing, wherein the clamper is pressed by an elastic body in a direction perpendicular to the recording medium; and a lever capable of positioning the clamper at the releasing position until the interface connector is connected to the device connector as the rotary disk storage device is pushed into the mounting structure, and positioning the clamper at the fixing position after the interface connector has been connected to the device connector, wherein the lever is provided with a lever through opening and the clamper moves between a position at which a bottom portion of the clamper comes into contact with a body of the lever and a position at which the bottom portion of the clamper resides in the lever through opening so as to provide the releasing position and the fixing position, respectively.