Schlage Lock Company LLC

Subbiah Gopalakrishnan

Kenton Hayes Barker

David John Hurlbert

Dilip Bangaru

Austin Michael Roup

Snehil Solanki

Kasey Wachtendorf

Rakesh Murali

Brandon Robinson

Samir Moustaffa Tamer

Daniel J Compton

Ajeya S Rao

Harikrishnan Mannattil

Achyuta Dhanvantri

Kevin Earl David

Greg Hebner

Shell Bieker

Bill Massey

Smitha Basavaraju

Snehill Solanki

Achyuta Ds

David Hurlbert

Kenton H Barker

Snehil Solani

Kenton Barker

Ajeya Rao

David J Hurlbert

Austin M Roup

An exemplary product line system includes a common platform and a plurality of component families, each of which includes a plurality of interchangeable component species configured for use with the common platform. The common platform includes an inside drive assembly and a chassis assembly including a chassis and an outside drive assembly. A lockset assembled from the system includes the common platform and a plurality of modular components. Each of the modular components corresponds to a respective one of the component families, and is provided as a selected species of the corresponding component family. The lockset has a function defined by the set of component species installed to the lockset. The function of the lockset can be changed by altering the set of component species installed to the lockset without disassembling the chassis assembly.

Modular cylindrical lockset

In one form, a cylindrical lockset includes a chassis including a pair of hubs, a pair of drive tubes, a retractor, and a lock control assembly. The lock control assembly has a locked state and an unlocked state. The lock control assembly also has a plurality of movable elements, each having a locking position and an unlocking position. One of the hubs includes a guide channel, and a slider is movably seated in the guide channel. One of the movable elements is associated with the slider, and is configured to move the slider between a lock-indicating position and an unlock-indicating position.

Status-indicating cylindrical lock assembly

An exemplary status-indicating locking assembly includes a cylindrical lock assembly and a status-indicating assembly. The status-indicating assembly includes a sensor configured to sense the status of the cylindrical lock assembly, a transmission configured to communicate the lock status to at least one side of a door, and an indicator configured to display indicia relating to the lock status on the at least one side of the door. In certain forms, the sensor, transmission, and indicator may be electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, magnetic, or combinations thereof.

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Trivandrum, India

Subbiah Gopalakrishnan