Patent ID: 8289696

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a plurality of data storage devices each including opposite sidewalls, the mounting apparatus comprising: a bracket comprising a bottom plate; a plurality of fasteners fixed to the sidewalls of each data storage device, each fastener comprising a head portion; and a plurality of fixing members each comprising a main body perpendicularly fixed to the bottom plate of the bracket, wherein the main body has multiple squared off â€œSâ€ shapes connected end to end in cross-section, opposite sides of the main body each define a plurality of fixing grooves parallel with the bottom plate, and the fixing grooves on opposite sides of the main body are spaced and aligned with each other in a line perpendicular to the bottom plate, and wherein a receiving space is formed between two adjacent fixing members to accommodate the data storage devices, every fixing groove facing a receiving space is paired with an opposite fixing groove facing the same receiving space; when the data storage devices are moved into the receiving spaces along the fixing members, respectively, the head portions are slid into the corresponding paired fixing grooves.