Patent ID: 8405972

Claim:
An expansion card holding structure comprising: an expansion card having a connector and two extending tabs; a computer enclosure including a main board with an expansion slot and a sidewall connected to the main board, a supporting frame formed on the main board and adjacent to the expansion slot, a locking portion formed on the supporting frame, the locking portion defining a through hole; and a sliding tray including: a bottom plate slidably positioned on the supporting frame, two positioning pins formed on the bottom plate, the positioning pins engaged with the extending tabs for positioning the expansion card on the bottom plate; and a first end plate and a second end plate positioned at opposite ends of the bottom plate, the first end plate including a first handle and a protrusion adjacent to the first handle, the protrusion engaged in the through hole of the locking portion to prevent the sliding tray from moving, the second end plate including a second handle and a curved elastic arm; wherein after the protrusion is disengaged from the through hole of the locking portion, the sliding tray with the expansion card slides away from the expansion slot via the first handle and the second handle until the elastic arm touches the sidewall to allow the expansion card to be moved away from the sliding tray.