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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Schlage Lock Company Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Brian Edward Walls, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ajeya Suratkal Rao, Karnataka, IN;
Evan Earl Evans, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Schlage Lock Company LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A retention mechanism for retaining a lock cylinder in a lock housing. The retention mechanism includes a control lug, a control pin, and a finger pin. A portion of the control lug is configured to be positioned in a retention recess of the lock housing when the control lug is in an engagement position to prevent the removal of the lock cylinder from the lock housing. With the control lug in the engaged position, at least a portion of the control pin may be biased into a chamber of the control lug to retain the control lug at the engaged position. When the control lug is to be displaced from the engaged position, the finger pin may be lifted to an activation position, such as by a sidebit of a key, wherein the finger pin may removably displace the control pin from at least a portion of the chamber.