Patent ID: 8328300

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for mounting a slide rail to a rack post of a component rack, the rack post defining a plurality of through holes, the mounting apparatus comprising: a mounting bracket comprising a sliding portion for slidably engaging with the slide rail, an end plate extending from an end of sliding portion in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the slide rail, and an inserting pin extending from the end plate; and a clipping member attached to the mounting bracket, and integrally forming a first stopping point and a second stopping point, a distance between the first stopping point and the end plate being smaller than a distance between the second stopping point and the end plate; wherein the inserting pin is operable to be inserted into one of the through holes of the rack post, the clipping member is operable to make one of the first stopping point and the second stopping point abut against a side of the rack post opposite to the end plate of the mounting bracket, to prevent the inserting pin from disengaging from the corresponding through hole of the rack post; wherein the clipping member is a spring plate comprising an extension segment with a first end fixed to the sliding portion of the mounting bracket, and a stopping segment extending from a second end of the extension segment, the stopping segment is adjacent to the end plate of the mounting bracket, and integrally forms a tab, the first stopping point is formed on a distal end of the stopping segment, the second stopping point is formed on the tab; wherein the inserting pin comprises a first inserting segment adjacent to the end plate, and a second inserting segment extending from the first inserting segment away from the end plate, the first inserting segment has a diameter greater than a diameter of the second inserting segment, a shoulder is formed at an end of the first inserting segment facing the second inserting segment, a distance between the first stopping point and the end plate of the mounting bracket is smaller than a distance between the shoulder of the inserting pin and the end plate of the mounting bracket, a distance between the second stopping point and the end plate of the mounting bracket is greater than a distance between the shoulder of the inserting pin and the end plate of the mounting bracket; and wherein the first stopping point abuts against the rack post in response to the first inserting segment of the inserting pin extending through one of the through holes of the rack post, the second stopping point abuts against the rack post in response to the second inserting segment of the inserting pin extending through one of the through holes of the rack post and the shoulder of the inserting pin abutting against the rack post.