Patent ID: 8218315

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for fixing a storage device to a chassis, the chassis defining an opening, the mounting apparatus comprising: two opposite fixing arms for supporting the storage device; a main body connecting the fixing arms; a latching member pivotably received in the main body under a resilient force, the latching member comprising a latching portion; and an operating member slidably coupled to the main body, the operating member comprising a slanted surface, wherein when the mounting apparatus is received in the chassis from the opening and the operating member is pushed to be received in the main body, the slanted surface of the operating member pushes the latching member to rotate, the latching portion protrudes outwardly from the main body and engages with an inside surface adjoining the opening of the chassis, wherein a recess is defined in a bottom surface of the main body, with an end of the recess extending through a front edge of the main body, the operating member is slidably received in the recess, an aperture is defined in a top of the main body in communication with the recess, the latching member is received in the aperture, a rear end of the latching member is received in the aperture, a rear end of the latching member is pivotably coupled to a portion adjoining a rear end of the aperture of the main body, and the latching portion is upwardly bent from the latching member adjacent to a front end of the latching member, a protrusion extends down from a front end of the latching member, and a positioning trough is defined in a top of the operating member; when the operating member is pushed towards the latching member, the slanted surface of the operating member pushes the protrusion of the latching member to pass over the slanted surface and engage in the positioning trough.