Known as the major and minor thrust faces, these are located on the side of the piston and are byproducts of the firing cycle. The load exerted on one piston skirt, referred to as the "major ...

The Taurozzi Pendulum Engine is a super creative, outside-the-box design, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to break into the automotive world. The first patent dates back to 1974, and Taurozzi kept ...

The actuator has a high thrust capability, with a maximum of 351.4 kN (79,000 lbf) available at 10.3 barg supply pressure.

Piston cracking has been all but eliminated. A significant additional benefit is the reduction of noise, vibration and harshness due to the stiffer contact area on the thrust side.

The minor thrust side is opposite piston pin offset (per illustration). Here a piston must be capable of absorbing pin offset loads, in addition to those generated when a piston cycles from upward ...