Adjusting device for a vehicle part that is movable relative to a body of a vehicle

Adjusting device for a vehicle part that is movable relative to a body of a vehicle about a joint, comprising

• a drive assembly comprising a drive unit and a connecting unit which is configured to directly connect the drive assembly to the body of the vehicle, and
• an adjusting element, which can be displaced along an adjustment axis relative to the drive assembly by the drive unit and which comprises, at a free end thereof, an additional connecting unit which is configured to directly connect the adjusting element to the vehicle part,
• wherein the connecting unit is connected to the drive assembly at a point that is remote from a free end of the drive assembly,
• wherein a pivot axis of the connecting unit, around which the drive assembly is pivotable relative to the body of the vehicle, extends so as to be skewed relative to and not intersecting with the adjustment axis of the adjusting element,
• wherein the connecting unit is arranged at an end of the drive assembly opposite the free end at which the drive assembly interacts with the adjusting element, the adjusting element is extended outwardly away from the drive assembly at the location of the connecting unit,
• wherein as the vehicle part moves between an open position and a closed position relative to the body of the vehicle the additional connecting unit follows a circular path which has the joint as a center point and a radius that corresponds to a distance between the additional connecting unit and the joint.