Patent ID: 7787244

Claim:
A hard disk adapter comprising a body comprising a panel; and a receiving space; a connector attached to the body and located in the receiving space; an opening formed on the panel and communicating with the receiving space; a plug-in slot formed on the panel beside the opening; and an eSATA connector comprising a receiving end mounted to the plug-in slot; and a connecting end, a fastening device attached to the body for fastening a hard disk in the receiving space; and a switch operably mounted on the panel for controlling the fastening device, wherein the fastening device comprises a holder comprising a fore end pointing to the panel; a rear end pointing away from the panel; a top edge; a bottom edge; an external surface; and an internal surface facing the receiving space; a fastening hole formed on the holder and communicating with the receiving space; a fore stop attached to the external surface of the holder ahead the fastening hole; a rear stop attached to the external surface of the holder behind the fastening hole; a slider back-and-forth slidably mounted to the external surface of the holder; a mounting slot formed in the slider, mounted around the fore stop and the rear stop and comprising a slot wall; at least one oblique slot formed in the slot wall of the mounting slot along a direction of rear-internal to fore-external and located between the fore stop and the rear stop; a fastening member in-and-out slidably mounted between the fore stop and the rear stop and comprising a inner surface facing the fastening hole; a fastening protrusion attached to the inner surface of the fastening member and selectively inserted in the fastening hole from the external surface to the internal surface of the holder and comprising a distal end; a fastening slope formed on the distal end of the fastening protrusion and facing the opening; and at least one cylinder formed on the fastening member and slidably mounted in the at least one oblique slot respectively; and the switch is a button extending from the slider and protruding forwards from the panel operably defined on the panel for controlling the fastening device.