Patent ID: 8137078

Claim:
An axial piston machine comprising: a shaft; a power unit rotationally driven by the shaft, the rotational motion in the power unit being converted via a converter into a reciprocating motion of pistons which draw in and compress pressure media; the shaft supported in a front first axial bearing; and an elastic, resilient, one-piece axial fixing and bearing device preloading the shaft against the front first axial bearing and acting on the shaft in a rear end area opposite the front first axial bearing; wherein the axial fixing and bearing device is braced axially against the shaft and axially against a housing component, the housing component being a valve plate device, a cylinder block or a cylinder head, wherein the axial fixing and bearing device has a first axial annular contact surface for the shaft and a second axial annular contact surface for the valve-plate device, the cylinder block, or the cylinder head, the first or second axial annular contact surfaces joined by a third annular surface curved in a tulip shape and resilient in the axial direction.