Patent ID: 7758308

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a fan with a plurality of through holes defined, comprising: a chassis comprising a bottom plate and a side plate perpendicular to the bottom plate for the fan abutting thereon, a pair of positioning pieces and a protrusion being formed on the bottom plate; and a bracket removably secured to the bottom plate for preventing the fan moving away from the side plate, a plurality of posts protruding from the bracket for inserting into the through holes of the fan to prevent the fan moving along the side plate, a pair of positioning tabs extending from the bracket for engaging with the positioning pieces of the bottom plate and a handle with a block formed thereon, the block engaging with the protrusion of the bottom plate, while the positioning tabs slide along the bottom plate toward the side plate to a position underneath the positioning pieces, and the block is capable of being disengaged from the protrusion by driving the handle away from the bottom plate; wherein the positioning piece abuts the fan to limit the fan moving away from the side plate in a direction perpendicular to the side plate.