Lid for muffling noises produced by an internal combustion engine, and method for producing such lid

A lid mounted on an upper portion of an engine assembly component of an internal combustion engine by way of attachment elements to muffle noises produced by the internal combustion engine comprising:

• a carrier element attached to the upper portion of the engine assembly component of the internal combustion engine by way of the attachment elements, the carrier element having a substantially U-shaped configuration in cross-section including a bottom portion attached to the upper portion of the engine assembly component by the attachment elements and upstanding inner and outer side portions extending from the bottom portion;
• a cap;
• an elastomer component connecting an end of the cap to an end of the carrier element so that the end of the cap and the end of the carrier element, along at least a portion of the lid, are spaced apart from one another exclusively by a portion of the elastomer component.

Method for producing a lid to be attached to an engine assembly component of an internal combustion engine by way of attachment elements to muffle noises produced by the internal combustion engine, comprising:

• positioning a cap and a carrier element in a tool;
• injection molding elastomer material into the tool so that the cap and the carrier element are permanently connected to the elastomer material which forms an elastomer component of the lid, and so that the connection between the cap and the carrier element is as least in part exclusively formed by the elastomer component with a distance being provided between the cap and the carrier element.