Patent ID: 8602677

Claim:
A latching member for latching two expansion cards to two parallel expansion slots, a top of each expansion card defining a locating slot adjacent each of opposing first and second ends thereof and a lower end of each expansion card being received within a respective one of the expansion slots, adjacent pairs of opposing first and second ends of the expansion slots each comprising two adjacent fixing portions having two corresponding locking members respectively connected to the fixing portions, each locking member comprising a projection extending from a top thereof to engage with a corresponding first or second end of a respective one of the expansion cards and an operation portion extending from the top of the locking member away from the projection, the latching member comprising: a horizontal connecting plate having parallel front and rear edges parallel to the expansion slots and opposing first and second ends; two latching portions extending upwardly from the first end of the connecting plate; two resilient hooks extending downwardly from the second end of the connecting plate to latch with the locking members of a respective pair of adjacent first or second ends of the two expansion slots; and a mounting portion comprising a rectangular first engaging plate perpendicularly extending downwardly from a middle of the connecting plate perpendicular to the front and rear edges to be received between the expansion slots, and a second engaging plate perpendicularly extending from a side of the first engaging plate facing the hooks to be engaged with inner sides of the fixing portions; wherein each latching portion comprises an extension plate extending upwardly from and along a respective one of the front and rear edges of the connecting plate, a stop plate parallel to the extension plate, and a vertical latching plate perpendicularly connected between the extension plate and the stop plate, wherein the latching plates are to be engaged in the locating slots, to fasten the expansion cards toward the expansion slots, and each expansion card is sandwiched between a respective one of the extension plates and a corresponding stop plate; wherein each hook comprises a resilient extension piece extending from the connecting plate adjacent a respective one of the front and rear edges, and a latching block extending from a distal end of the extension piece facing the latching portions to latch to a bottom of the operation portion of a respective one of the locking members.