Patent ID: 7143548

Claim:
A flap drive for driving a rear flap of a motor vehicle, comprising: first and second lever joint arrangements arranged at a distance from one another and by which the flap is movable from a closing position to an opening position and back to the closing position, each of said first and second lever joint arrangements having a first side region connectable to the flap and a second side region connectable at a fixed location on the motor vehicle or a component of the motor vehicle, said each of said first and second lever joint arrangements having one end articulated pivotably about pivot axes at said first side region and another end articulated pivotably about pivot axes at said second side region, the mutually corresponding pivot axes extending coaxially to one another, said each of said first and second lever joint arrangements comprising a driven lever articulated at an articulation point at one of said pivot axes at said second side region an articulated at another articulation point at one of said pivot axes at said first side region; and a common motive drive unit for guiding a movement transmission unit for pivotable drive of each of said driven levers of said first and second lever joint arrangements.