An axial piston machine has a swash plate and an adjusting device having an adjusting cylinder and a double-acting adjusting piston which is longitudinally movable in the adjusting cylinder and includes a piston and a piston rod, which is fixedly connected to the piston and is articulated to the swash plate. The joint between the adjusting piston and the swash plate is a movable swivel joint having a joint body receptacle on one part and a joint body on the other part of the adjusting piston and the swash plate. The joint body is closely guided in the joint body receptacle in the direction of movement of the adjusting piston, is rotatable about an axis of rotation running parallel to the pivot axis of the swashplate, and is movable with a directional component perpendicular to the direction of movement of the adjusting piston and perpendicular to the axis of rotation.

A hydrostatic axial piston machine (1) has a cylinder barrel (7) with a plurality of piston bores having pistons (10) fastened in an articulated manner to a drive flange (3). For articulated fastening of the pistons (10) to the drive flange (3), ball joints (20) are provided that are formed by a spherical cap-shaped receptacle socket (3a) in an end surface (3b) of the drive flange (3) and a ball head (10a) that is operatively connected with the piston (10). The receptacle sockets (3a) are each in the form of hemispheres that extend to the ball equator, and on one end surface (3b) of the drive flange (3), in the vicinity of the receptacle sockets (3a), there is a retaining web (30) that extends beyond the ball equator of the hemisphere to grip the ball head (10a) at an angle of greater than 180°.

A variable displacement axial piston pump including a cylinder block defining a plurality of cylinder bores, each receiving a piston. A swash plate having a piston-supporting surface is pivotally supported relative to the cylinder block. A port block defines first and second pumping ports arranged in fluid communication with the plurality of cylinder bores such that, during operation of the pump, one of the first and second pumping ports is configured to supply fluid to the cylinder bores for pumping, and the other of the first and second pumping ports is configured to receive fluid pumped from the plurality of cylinder bores. The swash plate partially defines at least one variable volume control chamber, and the swash plate is operable to tilt with respect to the port block in response to a fluid pressure change in the at least one control chamber.

A sliding member including, a support layer and a sliding layer provided on a side of one end surface of the support layer configured to slide on a mating member, the sliding layer having a hardness set higher toward an outer side than at a center in an axial direction.

A sliding member including, a support layer and a sliding layer provided on a side of one end surface of the support layer configured to slide on a mating member, the sliding layer having a hardness set higher toward an outer side than at a center in an axial direction.

A piston (1) having a piston shaft (2), a ball head (3) at one end of the piston shaft (2), and a slider shoe (4) mounted to the ball head (3), wherein the ball head (3) has a through channel (5), the slider shoe (4) has a sliding surface (6) and a through hole (7) in communication with an end of the through channel (5), and a plastic material (8) is arranged in a gap between the slider shoe (4) and the ball head (3) and forms an inner coating (9) of the through hole (7). The production of such a piston should be facilitated. To this end a sealing surface (14) is arranged at the end of the through channel (5) wherein the sealing surface (14) surrounds the opening of the through channel (5) into the through bore (7) and an inner diameter of the sealing surface (14) is smaller than an inner diameter of the inner coating (9) of the through bore (7).

A sliding member including, a support layer and a sliding layer provided on a side of one end surface of the support layer configured to slide on a mating member, the sliding layer having a hardness set higher toward an outer side than at a center in an axial direction.

A sliding member including, a support layer and a sliding layer provided on a side of one end surface of the support layer configured to slide on a mating member, the sliding layer having a hardness set higher toward an outer side than at a center in an axial direction.

A piston (1) having a piston shaft (2), a ball head (3) at one end of the piston shaft (2), and a slider shoe (4) mounted to the ball head (3), wherein the ball head (3) has a through channel (5), the slider shoe (4) has a sliding surface (6) and a through hole (7) in communication with an end of the through channel (5), and a plastic material (8) is arranged in a gap between the slider shoe (4) and the ball head (3) and forms an inner coating (9) of the through hole (7). The production of such a piston should be facilitated. To this end a sealing surface (14) is arranged at the end of the through channel (5) wherein the sealing surface (14) surrounds the opening of the through channel (5) into the through bore (7) and an inner diameter of the sealing surface (14) is smaller than an inner diameter of the inner coating (9) of the through bore (7).

A piston (1) having a piston shaft (2), a ball head (3) at one end of the piston shaft (2), and a slider shoe (4) mounted to the ball head (3), wherein the ball head (3) has a through channel (5), the slider shoe (4) has a sliding surface (6) and a through hole (7) in communication with an end of the through channel (5), and a plastic material (8) is arranged in a gap between the slider shoe (4) and the ball head (3) and forms an inner coating (9) of the through hole (7). The production of such a piston should be facilitated. To this end a sealing surface (14) is arranged at the end of the through channel (5) wherein the sealing surface (14) surrounds the opening of the through channel (5) into the through bore (7) and an inner diameter of the sealing surface (14) is smaller than an inner diameter of the inner coating (9) of the through bore (7).