Patent ID: 8684422

Claim:
A fixing mechanism for fixing a component, the fixing mechanism comprising: a base; a bottom wall disposed on the base; two lateral walls disposed on the base and connected to the bottom wall, a containing space being formed between the base, the bottom wall, and the two lateral walls, and the bottom wall and the two lateral walls abutting against the component laterally when the component is contained inside the containing space; a hook comprising: a cantilever portion disposed on a side of the base, and connected to the bottom wall for pressing against the component in a first direction when the component is contained inside the containing space; and a hooking portion connected to the cantilever portion for engaging with a lateral surface of the component in a second direction different from the first direction as the component is placed to be contained inside the containing space in the second direction; two engaging parts respectively connected to the two lateral walls and facing each other, and the two engaging parts laterally engaging against the component in the second direction when the component is contained inside the containing space; and two guiding rails disposed on the base and connected to the two engaging parts, respectively, for guiding the component to place into the containing space, a sunken part being formed on one of the guiding rails for reducing bending rigidity of the one of the guiding rails.