Patent ID: 8095971

Claim:
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive with locking swivel cap comprising: a USB device; a swivel cap having a top swivel cap face and a bottom swivel cap face, the swivel cap connectably attached to the USB device; four locking pins, two of which disposed on the top swivel cap face and two of which disposed on the bottom swivel cap face; two top locking grooves disposed on a top surface of the USB device; two bottom locking grooves disposed on a bottom surface of the USB device, wherein the locking pins disposed on top swivel cap face couple with the two top locking grooves and the locking pins disposed on the bottom swivel cap face couple with the two bottom locking grooves allowing the swivel cap to lock in an open and closed positions; a USB connector connected to the USB device to couple said USB flash drive to a host device; wherein the PCBA has fore and aft portions and top and bottom sides, the USB flash drive with locking swivel cap further comprising, a fingerprint sensor disposed on the aft portion, top side of the PCBA; four USB contact fingers disposed on the fore portion, top-side of the PCBA; a controller chip disposed on the fore portion, bottom side of the PCBA; a memory chip disposed on the aft portion, bottom side of the PCBA; and a light emitting diode (LED) disposed on the aft portion, top side of the PCBA behind the fingerprint sensor and aft portion, bottom sides of the PCBA behind the memory chip; and a fingerprint sensor area disposed on the top side of the USB device, said fingerprint sensor operative to scan fingerprints of a user of the portable flash drive with swivel cap and optional fingerprint verification capability, and allowing access to data stored on the portable flash drive with swivel cap and optional fingerprint verification capability.