During the outstroke, compressed air enters the cylinder through a single port, pushing the piston rod outward to perform tasks like pushing or lifting objects. The instroke occurs when the air ...

The valve for one of the cylinders has its guide exposed ... There are palm-sized pieces of the piston and connecting rod in there, in addition to lots of finer pieces of metal.

Besides the fact that there are no fuel-air explosions involved, these pistons are also double ... In the initial prototypes, the cylinders also acted as connecting rods, tilting back and forth ...

More radically, Ferrari designed a new connecting rod, which is shared ... the longitudinal skirt of each piston could help reduce friction against the cylinder walls, reducing internal friction ...

This creates an airtight seal in the engine's cylinder. The piston is placed into a machine that will marry the connecting rod and piston. Above it, a pin designed to connect the two components is ...