floating piston

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• floating piston — a secondary piston …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• floating piston pin — A piston pin which is not locked in the connecting rod or the piston, but is free to turn or oscillate in both the connecting rod and the piston …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• piston — A round or cylindrical plug, which closed at one end and open at the other. It slides up and down in the cylinder. It is attached to the connecting rod and when the fuel charge is fired, will transfer the force of the explosion to the connecting… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• piston pin — A steel pin that is passed through the piston, it is used as a base upon which to fasten the upper end of the connecting rod. It is round and may be hollow. Also called wrist pin or gudgeon pin. See floating piston pin …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Piston displacement — Displacement Dis*place ment, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]placement.] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. [1913 Webster] Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] The displacement of the sun… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Floating breech — A breech block of a firearm that is not held rigidly to the barrel at the moment of firing, but instead is free to move in the opposite direction to the projectile. This can help to reduce the recoil induced in the body of the firearm so long as… …   Wikipedia

• floating caliper disc brake — A disc brake with a single piston, in which the caliper itself can move to bring both pads into contact with the disc …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• secondary piston — In a tandem master cylinder, a floating piston which isolates the two braking circuits from each other and actuates the secondary circuit …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Oldsmobile V8 engine — The 1966Toronado s 425 V8, the first post war front wheel drive V8 application. The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post war OHV V8 at General Motors. Production started in 1949, with a new generation introduced in 1964. Like Pontiac, Olds… …   Wikipedia

• Hydraulic accumulator — A hydraulic accumulator is an energy storage device. It is a pressure storage reservoir in which a non compressible hydraulic fluid is held under pressure by an external source. That external source can be a spring, a raised weight, or a… …   Wikipedia

• Hydraulic machinery — are machines and tools which use fluid power to do work. Heavy equipment is a common example.In this type of machine, high pressure hydraulic fluid is transmitted throughout the machine to various hydraulic motors and hydraulic cylinders. The… …   Wikipedia