Internal combustion engine having an elastic connector and method of producing same

An internal combustion engine having a cylinder and a fuel supply mechanism, comprising:

• an elastic connector that connects the fuel supply mechanism with the cylinder of said internal combustion engine, wherein said elastic connector is disposed between the fuel supply mechanism and said cylinder, further wherein said elastic connector has a first mixture channel for fuel/air mixture and a second supply channel for combustion air, further wherein said first mixture channel and said second supply channel are guided in said elastic connector as channels that are completely separated from one another, further wherein said first mixture channel opens out at said cylinder via a mixture inlet that is port controlled by a piston of said cylinder, further wherein fuel/air mixture is drawn into a crankcase of the engine through said first mixture channel, further wherein said second supply channel opens out at said cylinder via an air inlet that, in the region of the upper dead center position of said piston, is connected with at least one transfer channel such that scavenging air is supplied to said at least one transfer channel via said second supply channel, further wherein said elastic connector has a first connection end and a second connection end, and wherein said mixture channel and said supply channel open out at said first and second connection ends;
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• a partition that is disposed in said elastic connector and effects said complete separation of said mixture channel and said supply channel from one another in said elastic connector, wherein said partition extends in a longitudinal direction of said channels, and wherein said partition is twisted about its longitudinal central axis between said first connection end and said second connection end.