Drive assembly for a folding top of a motor vehicle

A drive assembly for a folding top of a motor vehicle including main pillar means and tightening clamp means located in a top storage well which is closed with a top storage well cover, said drive assembly comprising:

• a bracket secured on a vehicle body and including pivot supports for the main pillar means and the tightening clamp means;
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• drive means for pivoting the main pillar means and the tightening clamp means;
• wherein the drive assembly includes at least one electric motor provided at a side of the top, a bracket in which a reducer is accommodated, and sequential control means for drivingly connecting the reducer with the main pillar means and the tightening clamp means, wherein the sequential control means comprises a substantially V-shaped drive lever one arm of which is connected with the main pillar means and another arm of which is connected with the tightening clamp means,
• wherein the sequential control means further comprises a two-arm lever pivotally supported on the bracket so that it pivots in a direction opposite to a pivotal direction of the drive lever, and
• wherein one arm of the two-arm lever is engageable with the another arm of the drive lever and another arm of the two-arm lever is connected with the tightening clamp means for transmitting to the tightening clamp means rotational torque from the electric motor.