Patent ID: 9001505
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A low cost, rugged and enclosed portable digital data storage device comprising: a two piece enclosure including a housing having a floor and side walls, and a cover, said housing being a monolithic piece a water resistant seal between said housing and said cover connecting means for joining said housing and said cover of said enclosure, a digital data storage device positioned inside said two piece enclosure, a passageway formed in a side wall of said housing an internal data and power connection for said digital data storage device extending from said device to said passageway for connection to external power and data lines, and water resistant sealing means within said housing and adjacent said passageway for preventing intrusion of water into said enclosure through said passageway regardless of whether said digital data storage device is connected to said external data and power lines or not wherein said water resistant seal between said housing and said cover, together with said water resistant sealing means within said enclosure and adjacent said single passageway forms a hermetic seal for said digital data storage means, whereby sea level or low elevational atmospheric pressures are maintained even if said device is in an airplane or on a mountain top.