Axial piston machine utilizing a bent-axis construction with slippers on the drive flange

A hydrostatic axial piston machine utilizing a bent-axis construction, comprising:

• a driveshaft with a drive flange rotatable around an axis of rotation inside a housing;
• a cylinder barrel located inside the housing and rotatable around an axis of rotation, wherein the cylinder barrel includes a plurality of piston bores;
• a longitudinally displaceable piston located in each piston bore, wherein the pistons are fastened in an articulated manner to the drive flange, and wherein the drive flange is supported on a housing-side slide face by an axial bearing comprising a hydrostatically relieved sliding bearing having a plurality of slippers, each of which is mounted in an articulated manner in the drive flange and includes a pressure pocket on an end surface facing the slide face wherein the pressure pocket is in communication with an associated displacement chamber of the axial piston machine, wherein each of the slippers is mounted in an articulated manner in the drive flange so that when the drive flange rotates, a compensating force acts on the slipper which is in an opposite direction to the centrifugal force acting on the slipper, wherein a point of application of the compensating force on the slipper is selected so as to reduce or eliminate a tipping moment on the slipper or to compensate for some or all of the tipping moment that does occur, and
• a spring device that presses the slipper toward the housing-side slide face.