Patent ID: 9587415
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: E05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A retention mechanism for retaining a lock cylinder in a lock housing, the retention mechanism comprising: a control lug having a chamber and a retention portion, the control lug configured for rotational displacement between a disengaged position and an engaged position in the lock cylinder, at least a portion of the retention portion configured to occupy at least a portion of a retention recess of the lock housing when the control lug is in the engaged position to prevent removal of the lock cylinder from the lock housing; a control pin, at least a portion of the control pin configured to be displaced into the chamber and positioned to be engaged with the retention portion to prevent rotational displacement of the control lug from the engaged position; and a finger pin configured for displacement between a rest position and an activation position, the finger pin configured to slidingly engage a portion of the control pin while removably displacing at least a portion of the control pin from the chamber when the finger pin is displaced to the activation position, wherein the finger pin is displaceable in a first linear direction between the rest position and the activation position and the control pin displaceable in a second linear direction by engagement with the finger pin, the first linear direction being non-parallel to the second linear direction, at least a portion of the control pin being biased against a front surface of the control lug when the control lug is in the disengaged position.