Patent ID: 7068502

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a disk drive device, the mounting apparatus comprising: a bracket having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall each defining a first retaining hole at one end and a second retaining hole at an opposite end, the second sidewall having a protrusion protruding therefrom between the first retaining hole and the second retaining hole; an operation member slidably mounted on the second sidewall, the operation member forming a hook thereon corresponding to the protrusion of the second sidewall of the bracket, and a blocking portion corresponding to the second retaining hole of the second sidewall of the bracket; and a pair of rails mounted on both sidewalls of the disk drive device, each of the rails protruding two locating posts corresponding to the first and second retaining holes of the bracket, wherein when the combined disk drive device and rails is placed in the bracket, the locating posts of the rails slide in the corresponding first and second retaining holes of the bracket, the operation member is pushed till the hook of the operation member engages with the protrusion of the second sidewall of the bracket, and the blocking portion of the operation member abuts against a corresponding locating post of one of the rails.