| 摘要 |
<p>A cylinder lock including a housing (10) and a plug (12) disposed in the housing (10) and arranged for rotation relative thereto, a first plurality of chambers (14) formed in the housing (10) and a second plurality of chambers (16) formed in the plug (12) and arranged such that each one of the first plurality of chambers (14) extends coaxially with a corresponding one of the second plurality of chambers (16), when the plug (12) is in a first rotational orientation relative to the housing (10), a first multi-element pin assembly (40) being disposed in said first plurality of chambers (14) and a second multi-element pin assembly (30) being disposed in said second plurality of chambers (16), the first multi-element pin assembly (40) including an outer pin element (44) having an axial recess and an inner pin element (42) disposed for selectable axial orientation relative to the outer pin element (44) and apparatus (49) for retaining the inner pin element (42) against disengagement from an undesired misalignment with respect to the outer pin element (44).</p> |
