Ferrari has filed a patent for a bold new engine design featuring oval—or, more accurately, pill-shaped—pistons instead of the traditional circular variety used in internal combustion engines.

Ferrari has patented an oval-piston engine design, featuring pistons with a pill ... More radically, Ferrari designed a new connecting rod, which is shared by pistons on opposite banks.

this new design features oblong or “pill-shaped” pistons that could significantly impact engine efficiency and performance.

The free piston engine, a design with opposed pistons working against ... That’s a huge obstacle for any new technology to climb. Meanwhile though it offers obvious benefits in terms of ...

The company is looking at a new oblong-shaped piston design that could revolutionize the internal combustion engine, potentially allowing the 12Cilindri of tomorrow to keep breathing in the ...

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 ...

And a little earlier we heard Navistar say its new S13 is the last internal combustion engine it will ever design from the ground ... opposed-piston Achates engine. It already meets those tough ...

The company is showcasing a “one-stroke” engine that works as an opposed ... The INNengine design is an opposed piston setup in which there are four pistons on each side to make eight in ...

Enhanced engine block design allows the new 15-liter engine ... oil pan help to reduce the engine’s overall weight. The new X15’s pistons are now more compact, reducing overall engine weight ...

The design is water-cooled, with the pistons angled at 75 degrees. This gives you a sense of how skinny the V3 engine is ... mass production” on this new three-banger idea, so we may see ...