Patent ID: 11905732
Assignee: AUSTIN HARDWARE & SUPPLY, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A door lock assembly with an interchangeable lock cylinder, comprising:
a handle, the handle comprising a lock cylinder passage;
a lock cylinder comprising a locking bolt and a side bolt, wherein the lock cylinder is a push to lock cylinder or a key to lock cylinder;
the handle receives the lock cylinder in the lock cylinder passage;
a spring plate affixed to the handle, the spring plate comprising a base portion and a tab portion, the base portion comprising a bolt opening that receives the locking bolt, the tab portion comprising a side bolt opening, wherein the side bolt is configured to selectively enter the side bolt opening of the spring plate to lock the lock cylinder and to selectively withdraw the side bolt from the side bolt opening of the spring plate to unlock the lock cylinder;
an escutcheon plate comprising a locking opening;
the handle configured to rotate relative to the escutcheon plate; and,
wherein the locking bolt of the lock cylinder is configured to selectively enter the locking opening of the escutcheon plate to prevent rotation of the handle and to selectively withdraw from the locking opening of the escutcheon plate to permit rotation of the handle.