Schlage Lock Company LLC

Lohithaswa Thimmappa

Ravindra Kumar Pandey

Evan Earl Evans

Vinod Kumar Rajan

Roger Kanaan

Aravinda Mahabaleshwara

A method of manufacturing a lock assembly for enabling use of a key-in-knob lock cylinder assembly in different types of lock assemblies. The method includes providing a key-in-knob lock assembly having a key-in-knob housing and a plug rotatably engaged within the key-in-knob housing, providing an interchangeable core lock assembly having an interchangeable core housing, and inserting the key-in-knob housing into the interchangeable core housing such that the key-in-knob housing is universally exchangeable between the key-in-knob lock assembly and the interchangeable core lock assembly.

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