Hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate construction

A hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate construction, comprising:

• a housing;
• a drive shaft mounted in the housing rotatably about a first axis of rotation;
• a cylinder drum connected in a rotationally secure manner to the drive shaft and having displacement pistons;
• a swash plate mounted in the housing, the swash plate having a face on which the displacement pistons are supported and, by pivoting the swash plate about a pivot axis of the swash plate, the angular position of the face with respect to the first axis of rotation is variable to adjust a swept volume displaced by the displacement pistons;
• and
• an adjusting device comprising:
• an adjusting cylinder, which extends obliquely with respect to the first axis of rotation and is located on one side of the drive shaft and of the cylinder drum;
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• a double-acting adjusting piston, which is longitudinally movable in the adjusting cylinder and comprises a piston section and a piston rod, the piston rod being connected in a fixed manner to the piston section, guided in a guide bore adjoining the adjusting cylinder, and articulated to the swash plate, wherein:
• a joint between the adjusting piston and the swash plate is a movable swivel joint, which comprises a joint body on the swash plate, and a joint body receptacle defined in the adjusting piston,
• the joint body is (i) guided in the joint body receptacle such that the joint body is movable with a directional component in a direction of movement of the adjusting piston, (ii) rotatable relative to the joint body receptacle about a second axis of rotation running parallel to the pivot axis of the swash plate, and (iii) movable relative to the joint body receptacle with a directional component perpendicular to the direction of movement of the adjusting piston and perpendicular to the second axis of rotation,
• the joint body has a spherical surface, and the joint body receptacle is a receiving hole having a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the spherical surface,
• the receiving hole has a receiving hole central longitudinal axis, the receiving hole central longitudinal axis and a central longitudinal axis of the adjusting piston defining a plane,
• a center of the spherical surface moves on a circular arc defined in the plane as the swash plate pivots,
• the center of the spherical surface is arranged at a first distance from the pivot axis of the swash plate such that the circular arc is spaced apart from the central longitudinal axis of the adjusting piston in a direction towards the pivot axis of the swash plate and does not intersect the central longitudinal axis of the adjusting piston.