Patent ID: 8254110

Claim:
A fixing mechanism for a peripheral component of an electronic device, comprising: a housing defining a holding portion to receive the peripheral component, a plurality of positioning portions and a guiding portion located on a plurality of sidewalls of the holding portion; a contact member moveably disposed in the housing adjacent to the holding portion; a sliding member resisting the contact member; a first resilient member resisting between the contact member and the housing, respectively; and a link bar assembly rotatably connected to the housing, wherein the link bar assembly comprises a latching portion located on a free end of the link bar assembly, the peripheral component comprises a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion, the first engaging portion is received in the positioning portion, wherein the link bar assembly is slided towards the housing when the contact member biases the link bar assembly via the sliding member, and at the same time the latching portion slides along the guiding portion until the latching portion latches the second engaging portion.