Patent ID: 7796380

Claim:
A fastening device for a computer read/write or storage device, essentially comprising: a pressing plate bilaterally provided with pins and centrally provided with an axial hole, wherein the axial hole has an upper rim extended with an inclined projection, and the pins bilaterally provided on the pressing plate are equipped with springs, respectively; a locking knob having a knob portion whose bottom surface is extended centrally with a nut, wherein a pushing block is protrudingly provided between the bottom surface of the knob portion and the nut; a threaded-post plug comprising a plug base centrally and protruding provided with a threaded post, wherein the plug base is provided with a pair of oppositely positioned resilient hooks and a pair of oppositely positioned projecting blocks; and a read/write or storage device installation frame having a side panel protruding provided with a fastening hole and two through holes formed by a stamping process, wherein the fastening hole is further formed with engaging recesses, and the threaded-post plug is pressed and inserted into the fastening hole so that the resilient hooks of the plug base are biased inward, and, when the threaded-post plug is in place, the two resilient hooks spring back and resume original positions thereof so as to engage with a rim of the fastening hole while the two projecting blocks are inserted into the engaging recesses, respectively, thereby securing the threaded-post plug in position to the fastening hole; wherein after the threaded-post plug is inserted into and secured in position to the fastening hole of the side panel of the read/write or storage device installation frame, the threaded post of the threaded-post plug is inserted into the axial hole centrally provided on the pressing plate so that the pins bilaterally provided on the pressing plate and equipped respectively with the springs are inserted into the through holes of the side panel, respectively, and the threaded post is further fastened with the nut of the locking knob.