Patent ID: 8671619
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A drive apparatus for a swing-out element of a motor vehicle wherein said vehicle has a first surface extending in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to said first direction and said apparatus is adapted to be mounted on said vehicle surface and extending outward from said first surface in a third direction orthogonal to said first and second direction, said apparatus including: an adjusting lever for adjusting said swing-out element between an open position and a closed position, the adjusting lever having a rectangular cross section in a plane perpendicular to the length and coupled to a driving gear; a swivel bearing disposed at an end of the adjusting lever; and a retaining element having a circular opening configured to couple the adjusting lever to the swing-out element, said end of the adjusting lever being rotatably disposed within the circular opening, wherein said adjusting lever is flexurally elastic in the third direction for compensating for swivel movement of the swing-out element, wherein the adjusting lever is a unitary piece of material, and wherein a width of the adjusting lever is continuous along an entire length of the adjusting lever between the retaining element and the driving gear, and wherein a thickness of the adjusting lever is continuous along an entire length of the adjusting lever between the retaining element and the driving gear.