An innovative new combustion engine eliminates half the guts of a traditional engine, and uses a fascinating internally rotating piston and sleeve arrangement, making it lighter, simpler and more ...

The load exerted on one piston skirt, referred to as the "major thrust side," (on the right side when viewing the engine from the flywheel end with the crankshaft rotating counterclockwise) can be ...

The engine displaces 110 cubic inches, or 1800 cubic centi­meters, with a broad 5.0-inch bore and a short 2.8-inch stroke. For the sake of durability, the average piston speed will be limited to ...

Clever refinements transform an old opposed-piston engine design into a promising new one. By Csaba Csere Published: Nov 19, 2018. Save Article. Achates.

In a free piston engine, combustion happens the same way, but there is no crankshaft. On the face of it, this seems crazy, as the pistons are just left rattling around in their cylinders.

Range-extending gas engines have a big problem: they're engineered to rotate wheels, not provide electricity. The Free Piston Engine Linear Generator cuts out the middleman for a huge efficiency ...

A new opposed-piston diesel engine design yields more power and better efficiency from a smaller displacement, and is coming soon to a tank near you. Sam Purcell. 05:30 16 August 2020.

Ferrari has applied for a patent for a new engine design that utilizes oval (pill-shaped, more like) pistons rather than the conventional, circular pistons widely utilized in internal combustion ...