Patent ID: 8584999

Claim:
A retaining mechanism adapted for securing a data storage device having sides formed with a plurality of mounting holes, said retaining mechanism comprising: a securing structure including a wall body having two opposing parallel inner surfaces and a lower-opening portion to define a accommodating hole therebetween and a pair of elastic arms arranged in the accommodating hole substantially in V-shaped, wherein said wall body is formed with a pair of grooves respectively concaved on the two inner surfaces adjacent to the lower-opening portion, wherein each of said elastic arms has a fixed end and a free end, said fixed end of each of said elastic arms connects the respective inner surface of the wall body, said free end extending slantingly downward into the accommodating hole forming an abutting portion pointing toward said groove; a retainer having one end engaging one of the mounting holes in the storage device and the other end received in the lower-opening portion pressed by the abutting portions of the free ends of the elastic arms, so as to be secured in the securing structure; and wherein as the retainer is installing into the lower-opening portion, the abutting portion is selectively biased into the grooves.