Patent ID: 7085131

Claim:
A fastening device for securing a data storage device having opposite sides, the fastening device comprising: a locking member mounted to one of the sides of the data storage device, the locking member comprising a post; a bracket for installing the data storage device therein, the bracket comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and a top wall, the first sidewall defining a receiving groove in an end thereof, the post of the locking member extendable through the receiving groove; and a fixing plate, one end of the fixing plate attached to the first sidewall of the bracket, the fixing plate having a locking through hole defined therein in a direction perpendicular to the fixing plate, and in alignment with the receiving groove of the first sidewall; wherein when the post of the locking member is engaged in the locking through hole of the fixing plate and blocked by an edge of the locking through hole, the data storage device is assembled in the bracket; when the post of the locking member is disengaged from the locking through hole of the fixing plate, the data storage device is disassembled from the bracket.