DefinitionA <PISTON LAND> is a <Feature> that is a raised area of a piston between piston rings. The flow of gas into the volume formed between the piston land between the first and second piston rings is limited by the top ring
A piston land may include a skirt connected to the ring land so that the piston-ring groove is adjacent thereto; the skirt is formed with a piston-pin hole with an axis, and having a plane including the axis of the piston-pin hole; a taper is formed on the skirt in a first portion thereof nearer to the ring land than the plane to converge on the ring land.