Patent ID: 7471510

Claim:
An apparatus for fastening a data storage device comprising: a housing having at least a leading unit, a plurality of locating holes, a bottom plate, and two sidewalls, wherein the bottom plate is provided between the sidewalls to form a holding space for the data storage device, the leading unit is provided on the bottom plate, and the locating holes are on both the sidewalls; a driving plate having a plurality of side edges, a front edge, two connecting edges, and at least a sliding unit, wherein the connecting edges are provided between the front edge and the side edges; at least a lateral fastening plate having a protrudent piece and a plurality of locating pins; and an elastic member connected to the housing and the lateral fastening plate, whereby the lateral fastening plate is adjacent to one of the sidewalls; wherein the sliding units of the driving plate cooperate with the leading units of the housing, and when the driving plate slides along the leading units by the sliding units, the side edges or the connecting edges of the driving plate push the lateral fastening plate, whereby the locating pins on the lateral fastening plate move into or out of the locating holes of the sidewalls.