Patent ID: 7336483

Claim:
An external casing for a data storage device, comprising: a housing configured with an accommodating space adapted for receiving the data storage device therein and formed with an opening for access into said accommodating space, said housing having opposite first and second housing parts; an interface module disposed in said accommodating space and adapted to be connected electrically to the data storage device that is disposed in said accommodating space in said housing; an external electrical connector connected electrically to said interface module and disposed in the vicinity of said opening in said housing; a foldable cover member including a fixing portion secured to said first housing part of said housing, an engaging portion opposite to said fixing portion, and an intermediate covering portion interconnecting said fixing portion and said engaging portion and covering over said external electrical connector; and a lock unit provided on said second housing part of said housing and said engaging portion of said cover member for selectively anchoring said engaging portion of said cover member to said second housing part of said housing.