Patent ID: 8407939

Claim:
A device for the transfer of a torque from a rotatable output shaft of a drive mounted on the body of a motor vehicle to a rotatable first hinge half of a hinge having a hinge axis, wherein the first hinge half is attached to a vehicle gate of the motor vehicle, with a rotational axis of the output shaft and the hinge axis arranged flush with one another in the mounted state of the drive, the device comprising: a rotatable drive lever fixedly connected to the output shaft of the drive in a connecting region; a connecting member on the drive lever which is axially spaced apart and extends from the connecting region of the drive lever in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the drive lever, wherein the connecting member comprises a sliding block that is displaceably arranged; and an adapter part that is fixedly connected to the first hinge half of the hinge and is provided with a journal which is rotatably mounted in the sliding block, wherein the journal rotates directly in, but independently of, the sliding block, and wherein the adapter part is formed as a plate on a side of the adapter part facing the first hinge half.