Patent ID: 7471507

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for mounting a plurality of expansion cards with cover plates to a computer enclosure, each of the cover plates having a bent portion, the mounting apparatus comprising: a rear panel defining an opening, a supporting flange for supporting the bent portions of the expansion cards extending outwardly from the rear panel at a bottom side of the opening, a through hole defined in the rear panel above the opening; a fixing member slidably mounted on an inner surface of the rear panel above the opening, a locking hole corresponding to the through hole of the rear panel defined in the fixing member; a locking member comprising a pressing part for pressing the bent portions of the expansion cards, and a securing part, a hook corresponding to the through hole of the rear panel and the locking hole of the locking member formed on the securing part; and an elastic member with one end being connected to the fixing member, the other end being connected to the rear panel, configured to bias the fixing member to slide to make an edge of the fixing member engage with the hook of the locking member through the through hole; wherein the edge of the fixing member is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the fixing member; and wherein a pivot shaft extends downwardly from the distal edge of the supporting flange opposite to a connecting edge of the supporting flange connected to the bottom side of the opening, a pivotable portion extends downwardly from an edge of the pressing part opposite to a connecting edge of the pressing part connected to the securing part of the locking member, the pivotable portion of the locking member pivotably sleeves the pivot shaft of the supporting flange.