Axial piston machine utilizing a bent-axis construction

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

• a drive shaft located inside a housing and rotatable around a first axis of rotation (Rt),
• a drive flange located inside the housing and rotatable around the first axis of rotation (Rt),
• a cylinder barrel located inside the housing and rotatable around a second axis of rotation (Rz), 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
• ball joints for articulated fastening of the pistons to the drive flange, wherein the ball joints include a spherical cap-shaped receptacle socket in an end surface of the drive flange and a ball head operatively connected with the piston,
• wherein the receptacle sockets comprise hemispheres that extend to a ball equator, and wherein on an end surface of the drive flange, in a vicinity of the receptacle sockets, there is a retaining web that extends beyond the ball equator of the hemisphere to grip the ball head at an angle of greater than 180°, and
• wherein the retaining web on each receptacle socket forms two retaining segments that are located opposite each other on the receptacle socket, and extend beyond the hemisphere.