We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design ... back and forth as the crankshaft rotates.

A camshaft uses egg-shaped "cams" to open and close engine valves (one cam per valve), while a crankshaft converts "cranks" (the up/down motion of the pistons) to rotational motion. Located in the ...

The least complete options include short block and long block engines. The term "short block" typically refers to a complete rotating assembly, crankshaft, connecting rods, and pistons (sometimes ...

This has been the case with so-called free piston engines. In its most basic form ... moving and rotating parts such as the camshafts and crankshaft. The absence of these parts and lateral ...

A patent for a six-stroke engine would normally go directly into our crackpot-engine file, but when the patent filer is ...

Then it's placed inside the piston and the pin connects the two components. Now, the engine can finally be assembled. First, the crankshaft is bolted onto the block. Then the piston is pushed into ...