Patent ID: 7359187

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting removably a disk drive in an electronic device, the disk drive having a front end, and a rear end that is opposite to the front end thereof and that is provided with a terminal, said apparatus comprising: a disk drive casing adapted to receive the disk drive therein and adapted to be mounted in the electronic device; an electrical connector provided in said disk drive casing, and adapted to be coupled electrically to the terminal of the disk drive when the disk drive is received in said disk drive casing; and a latch unit adapted for retaining removably the disk drive in said disk drive casing, said latch unit including a latch member adapted to be provided on the disk drive, a first interlocking member formed on said latch member, an operating member having a pivot portion that is pivoted to said disk drive casing, and first and second end portions that extend in different directions from said pivot portion, and a second interlocking member formed on said first end portion of said operating member, and engaging said first interlocking member when said electrical connector is connected to the terminal of the disk drive, wherein said first end portion of said operating member is operable so as to rotate said pivot portion of said operating member in a first angular direction such that said second interlocking member disengages from said first interlocking member, and such that said second end portion of said operating member pushes the rear end of the disk drive so as to disconnect the terminal of the disk drive from said electrical connector.