Patent ID: 6896098
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: B29C,B29K,F02B,F02F

Abstract:
1. A lid mounted on an upper portion of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine by way of attachment screws to muffle noises produced by the internal combustion engine comprising: a cap; the cap having a substantially straight section; a carrier element attached to an attachment surface of the cylinder head by the attachment screws; the cap and the carrier element being connected to an elastomer component, with the connection between the cap and the carrier element being, at least in part, exclusively constructed by the elastomer component with a space being provided between the cap and the carrier element; the carrier element being connected to the elastomer component by virtue of a part of the carrier element being embedded within the elastomer component; the carrier element possessing a substantially straight section extending at an angle of at least 60° to the attachment surface of the cylinder head; and the substantially straight section of the cap and the substantially straight section of the carrier element being co-linear.