Patent ID: 7524198

Claim:
A press/push flash drive comprising: a metal case with openings on two opposing ends, where one end assists interfacing the press/push flash drive with an electronic device, the metal case having a conformation of a substantially rectangular extrusion with a top surface, bottom surface, and two lateral sides, the top surface containing a press/push button and lock tabs; a printed circuit board (PCB) support coupled to said opening of the metal case that helps interface the press/push flash drive with an electronic device, the PCB support secured to the metal case and located substantially within said opening; a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) with a set of interface pins located on one end of the PCBA, the PCBA located substantially inside the metal case, and said end of the PCBA with interface pins coupled to the PCB support; an end cap coupled with said opening of the metal case without the PCB support coupled therein, the end cap being coupled to the PCBA within the metal case, and the end cap further securing the PCBA within the metal case; an upper housing with a top surface and lateral sides descending from said top surface, a fingerprint area cutout substantially central to said top surface, a front opening located within one of said lateral sides, and deployed lock grooves and retracted lock grooves formed on the inside of the top surface, the deployed lock grooves located closer to the front opening than the retracted lock grooves; and a lower housing with a bottom surface and lateral sides descending from said bottom surface, a front opening located within one of said lateral sides, the lower housing coupled with said upper housing, together the upper housing and lower housing thereby containing within, the metal case, the PCBA, the PCB support, and the end cap, with the front openings of the upper housing and lower housing aligned, forming an opening on one end of the coupled housings; wherein pressing and pushing said press/push button of the metal case in the direction of the opening on one end of the housings extends a metal interface plug for interfacing the press/push flash drive with an electronic device and said lock tabs of the metal case become secured within said deployed lock grooves of the upper housing, and pressing and pushing said press/push button in the direction opposite of the opening on one end of the housings retracts the metal interface plug and said lock tabs of the metal case become secured within said retracted lock grooves of the upper housing.