US Patent 7365993 Mounting apparatus for expansion card

A mounting apparatus for fixing an expansion card (20) in a base (10), the mounting apparatus includes a receiving portion (30), a bracket (40) and a latch (50). The receiving portion (30) is formed from the base (10) for receiving one end of the expansion card (20) therein, and the bracket (40) is formed from the base (10) opposite to the receiving portion (30). The latch (50) is rotatablely fixed in the bracket (40). The latch (50) includes a main body (55), a handle portion (52) and a pedestal (51) extending from two end of the main body (55) respectively, and the other end of the expansion card (20) is engaged between the handle portion (52) and the pedestal (51).