Patent ID: 7304843

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a fan, comprising: a bracket comprising two opposite locking plates for holding the fan therebetween, at least one of the locking plates defining a locking hole in an upper portion thereof; and a fan lid located within a space defined between the two locking plates of the bracket when the fan is assembled to the bracket, and comprising a body attached to the fan, and at least a resilient securing portion extending from the body, said securing portion comprising a vertical portion extending along a corresponding vertical side of the fan, and a cantilevered horizontal portion extending horizontally from a top of the vertical portion and located at a top side of the fan, the vertical portion having a protrusion thereon engaged in said locking hole of the bracket, the horizontal portion acting as an operation member being pulled to disengage the protrusion from said locking hole of the bracket when disassembling the fan, wherein said locking hole comprises a pair of locking holes defined in the locking plates, respectively, the fan lid comprises a pair of securing portions extending from the body, a pair of protrusions protrudes from the securing portions for being engaged in the corresponding locking holes, wherein the body comprises two parallel bars, and a connecting portion connecting middles of the bars, two openings for receiving the corresponding operation members therein are formed between the bars and at opposite sides of the connecting portion respectively.