Patent ID: 7997879

Claim:
An axial piston machine of swash-plate construction, comprising: a housing having an interior; a cylinder block rotatable in the housing and comprising a plurality of cylinder bores concentrically formed around a central recess; a housing component connected to the housing, the housing component comprising a valve plate and a supporting journal, wherein the supporting journal extends into the central recess of the cylinder block, and wherein the cylinder block is supported in an axial direction against the valve plate of the housing component; a driving shaft having an inner end and coupled in a rotationally synchronous manner to the cylinder block, wherein the driving shaft is coaxial with the supporting journal and wherein the inner end of the driving shaft is adjacent the supporting journal; a cylinder block bearing configured to absorb transverse forces, wherein the cylinder block bearing is arranged in the central recess of the cylinder block between the cylinder block and the supporting journal and adjacent the inner end of the driving shaft; and pistons supported on a swash plate and longitudinally movable in the cylinder block, wherein the cylinder block bearing is arranged axially between a plane containing the piston outlet openings and the valve plate such that the cylinder block bearing is located entirely between the plane containing the piston outlet openings and the valve plate in the axial direction.