Contact gasket, SSD case including the same, and method for manufacturing the same

A contact gasket provided in a receiving space for an SSD substrate so as to be brought into contact with a lower case and an upper case, wherein the lower case includes a bottom wall and an open upper portion and the upper case is fastened with the lower case to cover the open upper portion and forms the receiving space in which the SSD substrate is accommodated, the contact gasket comprising:

• a lower case contact part configured to make contact with the lower case;
• and
• an upper case contact part configured to extend from the lower case contact part and make contact with the upper case,
• wherein one of the lower case contact part and the upper case contact part is fixedly fastened to the lower case or the upper case in contact therewith, and
• wherein a contact protrusion configured to protrude toward the lower case or the upper case such that an end is brought into contact with the lower case or the upper case is formed on the other one of the lower case contact part and the upper case contact part.

A method for manufacturing a contact gasket provided in a receiving space for an SSD substrate so as to be brought into contact with a lower case and an upper case, wherein the lower case includes a bottom wall and an open upper portion, the upper case is fastened with the lower case to cover the open upper portion and forms the receiving space in which the SSD substrate is accommodated, the contact gasket includes a lower case contact part configured to make contact with the lower case and an upper case contact part configured to extend from the lower case contact part and make contact with the upper case, one of the lower case contact part and the upper case contact part is fixedly fastened to the lower case or the upper case in contact therewith, and a contact protrusion configured to protrude toward the lower case or the upper case such that an end is brought into contact with the lower case or the upper case is formed on the other one of the lower case contact part and the upper case contact part, the method comprising:

• a first cutting operation of forming a plate structure including a region corresponding to the lower case contact part and a region corresponding to the upper case contact part by cutting a conductive plate having elasticity;
• a protrusion forming operation of forming the contact protrusion on the plate structure through a press process;
• and
• a bending operation of forming the contact gasket by bending the region corresponding to the lower case contact part of the plate structure and the region corresponding to the upper case contact part of the plate structure.