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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Lohithaswa Thimmappa, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Evan E. Evans, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Vinod Kumar Rajan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Aravinda Mahabaleshwara, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ravindra K. Pandey, Oviedo, FL (US);
Roger Kanaan, Williamston, SC (US);
Lohithaswa Thimmappa, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Evan E. Evans, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Vinod Kumar Rajan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Aravinda Mahabaleshwara, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ravindra K. Pandey, Oviedo, FL (US);
Roger Kanaan, Williamston, SC (US);
Schlage Lock Company, Carmel, IN (US);
Abstract
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.