Patent ID: 7357751

Claim:
A drive for pivoting a flap on a body of a vehicle about a pivot axis, comprising: an epicyclic gear comprising: a sun gear connectable to an output shaft of a drive motor; an internally toothed rim concentrically surrounding the sun gear; at least one planet gear engaging both the sun gear and the internally toothed rim; and a planet carrier rotatably carrying the at least one planet gear, the planet carrier having a shaft about which the planet carrier rotates; and a brake operable to stop rotation of the internally toothed rim so that torque from the output shaft of the drive motor causes the shaft of the planet carrier to rotate, the brake comprising: a brake disc fixedly connected to the internally toothed rim, or fixedly connected to a structural part rotatably driven by the internally toothed rim; and a braking means for releasably engaging the brake disc.