Patent ID: 8070125

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for mounting a storage device, the mounting apparatus comprising: a bracket comprising an end member, and a pair of side plates perpendicular to the end member for sandwiching the storage device therebetween, a plurality of mounting holes defined in each of the pair of side plates, each of the plurality of mounting holes comprising an entry portion extending through an edge portion of the side plate, and a locating portion communicating with the entry portion, the entry portion being closer to the end member than the locating portion; a plurality of fasteners capable of being attached to two opposite sidewalls of the storage device and each of the plurality of fasteners comprising a pin for engaging in the sidewalls, and a vibration absorbing gasket fixed around the pin, the gasket operable to be received in the mounting holes of the bracket and abutting against the sidewalls; and a positioning member pivotably attached to the end member and capable of abutting against a portion of the storage device adjacent to the end member when the gaskets of the fasteners move into the locating portions from the entry portions of the mounting holes of the bracket.