Patent ID: 7556304

Claim:
An actuation device for a motor vehicle, having a closing device which can be pivoted about an axis between a closed and an open position, a compensating device acting on the closing device, which is pretensioned and a counter-force (F F ) opposes the weight (F G ) of the closing device, and a motor-driven drive which can be operated at least unidirectionally, in order to pivot the closing device about the axis in at least one direction, wherein the motor-driven drive is repellable, in order to facilitate manual actuation of the closing device, wherein friction means are provided, which act on the closing device both during manual actuation of the closing device and during actuation by the drive at a preset friction torque, wherein the friction torque within pivoting range of the closing device or of a part range thereof is greater than the extent of the difference of a first torque (M G ) produced by the weight (F G ) of the closing device and a second torque (M F ) produced by the counter-force (F F ) of the compensating device.