Patent ID: 6446475
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A switchlock assembly for mounting in a panel comprising:a cylindrical shell having a circumferential opening in a side of said shell; a lock plug positioned within said cylindrical shell having a keyway entering at a first end and a switch driver extending axially from a second end of said lock plug; a switch base mounted on an end of said shell having an opening for receiving said switch driver from said second end of said lock plug; a latch clip inserted within said circumferential opening of said shell and into a clip slot on a side of said lock plug for securing said latch clip within said lock plug; and a cam, having a first portion inserted into said circumferential opening in said side of said shell, snaps into said lock plug adjacent to said latch clip, a second portion of said cam extending outside the diameter of said switch lock assembly, said cam freely rotating with said plug.