Patent ID: 8807488

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising: a positioning bracket comprising two opposite end walls, each end wall defining a slide slot, a guiding pin protruding from each end wall; a receiving bracket for receiving the storage device, the receiving bracket comprising two opposite side plates, each side plate forming a positioning pin to be slidably received in a corresponding one of the slide slots of the positioning bracket; and a rotating member comprising two rotating plates rotatably and respectively connected to the side plates of the receiving bracket, each rotating plate defining a guiding slot with a first positioning portion, wherein the guiding pins of the positioning bracket are slidably and respectively received in the guiding slots of the rotating plates, and when the rotating member is rotated in a first direction, guiding pins are slid in the corresponding guiding slot, the positioning pins are slid along the slide slots of the positioning bracket, until each guiding pin is positioned in the corresponding first positioning portion, such that the receiving bracket is fixed to the positioning bracket in order to mount the storage device once received in the receiving bracket; wherein two opposite shafts extend out from upper portions of rear ends of the side plates, an extending portion extends rearward from a rear side of each rotating plate, each extending portion defines a shaft hole for rotatably receiving the corresponding shaft; and wherein a circular protrusion protrudes out from each side plate at a front end of the corresponding shaft, an elastic piece extends from each extending portion, to abut against the corresponding protrusion.