Patent ID: 8737055

Claim:
A mounting device for fixing an optical disk drive (ODD), which has two sidewalls each forming a pin; the mounting device comprising: a rack comprising a bottom wall, a first plate and a second plate perpendicularly extending up from the bottom wall to sandwich the ODD, a tab extending from a front end of one of the first and second plates to block a back end of the ODD, each of the first and second plates defining an opening extending through a top of the one of the first and second plates, and a slot extending from a rear bottom end of the opening and communicating with the opening, wherein the pins of the ODD respectively extend through the openings to engage in the corresponding slots; and a latch movably mounted to the first plate to block the pin engaged in the corresponding slot of the first plate; wherein the latch comprises a main body pivotally mounted to the outer surface of the first plate, a projection extends from a front end of the main body and aligns with the corresponding opening of the first plate, to block the corresponding pin in the slot of the first plate; and wherein the latch further comprises an arm slantingly extending down and forward from a rear end of the main body and contacting the bottom wall, when the pin is entering the slot in the first plate, the pin presses the projection to deform the arm together with the bottom wall, after the pin enters the slot, the arm is restored to make the projection block the pin.