Patent ID: 7980624

Claim:
A device for actuating a pivoting movement of a flap of a vehicle about a pivot axis, the device comprising: a gas spring having a cylinder extending in a longitudinal direction and a piston rod extending out of one side of the cylinder, one of the cylinder or the piston rod configured to be coupled to a fixed component of a body of the vehicle, and the other one of the cylinder and the piston rod configured to be coupled to the flap at a distance from the pivot axis; a flexurally rigid guide extending in the longitudinal direction parallel and noncoaxially adjacent to the gas spring and having one end portion fixedly connected to the one of the cylinder or the piston rod; a flexible tension and compression element having first and second regions, the first region being guided in the guide, being connected to the other one of the cylinder and the piston rod and being operatively connected to the flap, and the second region being guided in a flexible casing; and a reversible drive connected to the second region such that the flexible tension and compression element is drivable by the reversible drive in the longitudinal direction, wherein the guide has a longitudinally extending slot on a side facing the cylinder, and wherein the device further comprises a connecting element protruding radially through the slot and fixedly connecting the first region of the tension and compression element to the other one of the cylinder and the piston rod.