Patent ID: 8052455

Claim:
A mounting apparatus used to fix a flash drive to a connector of a circuit board, the flash drive comprising a main body, and a plug extending out from the main body, the plug being inserted into a socket defined in the connector while the main body seating on the socket, the mounting apparatus comprising: a first sidewall; a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, wherein a receiving space is bounded by the first and second sidewalls to receive the flash drive, the connector is received in the receiving space in response to the mounting apparatus being fixed to the circuit board; an elastic piece slantingly extending from the first sidewall into the receiving space toward the second sidewall; and a resilient member extending from the second sidewall into the receiving space toward the elastic piece; wherein the elastic piece and the resilient member elastically resist against opposite sides of the main body of the flash drive in response to the plug of the flash drive being received in the socket of the connector, and wherein the elastic piece is made of rubber.