Drive link for a sawchain, and an arrangement of a plurality of drive links for a sawchain

A drive link for a sawchain, the drive link comprising:

• a drive link body defining two openings for joint elements and having a drive link apex and a drive appendage defining a bottom side configured to engage in a groove of a guide bar;
• said drive link body being planar and extending in a drive link plane;
• said two openings each defining a center axis;
• said drive link body defining an opening plane containing said center axes of said two openings and extending perpendicularly to said drive link plane;
• said drive link body defining a transverse plane extending perpendicular to said opening plane and centrally between said center axes of said two openings;
• said drive link body defining a longitudinal axis extending in said drive link plane and intersecting said center axes of said two openings;
• said drive link apex being asymmetrical with respect to said transverse plane;
• said drive link body having a top side facing away from said bottom side and said opening plane and extending at least partially at said drive link apex;
• said drive link body having a functional surface and a contact surface spaced apart from said functional surface at said top side by a linear connecting surface;
• said functional surface and said contact surface defining respective first and second planes parallel to each other;
• said functional surface being formed on said drive link apex and including a section of said top side in which said top side has a maximum spacing from said opening plane;
• and,
• said functional surface, with respect to said contact surface in a viewing direction toward said drive link plane, being configured point-symmetric to a symmetry point lying between said first and second planes and in spaced relationship to said functional surface and said contact surface.