DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH WAGGLE REDUCTION
A door lock system may include an outer spindle operatively connected to a disc with a larger diameter than a diameter of the outer spindle. The disc may include an opening that slidingly receives a lock spindle along a lock axis configured to engage a lock body. The lock spindle and the spindle opening may have complementary shapes and sizes such that the lock spindle is rotationally coupled to the disc about the center axis. Torque may be transmitted from a handle to the disc and from the disc to the lock spindle via the opening.
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18 . A door lock system comprising:
a housing comprising a backplate;
a handle configured to be rotated about a lock axis;
a lock spindle operatively couplable to the handle and aligned along the lock axis, a first end of the lock spindle configured to engage a lock body, wherein the lock spindle is configured to rotate about the lock axis as the handle is rotated about the lock axis when the lock spindle is operatively coupled to the handle; and
a projection operatively coupled to the lock spindle and extending axially into a corresponding hole in the backplate, wherein at least a portion of the projection is disposed at a greater radial distance from the lock axis than the lock spindle;
wherein the projection is configured to translate and/or rotate in the corresponding hole as the lock spindle rotates about the lock axis.
19 . The door lock system of claim 18 , wherein the corresponding hole is a circular hole, and wherein the projection is configured to rotate in the circular hole about the lock axis as the lock spindle rotates about the lock axis.
20 . The door lock system of claim 19 , wherein the projection is a cylindrical projection.
21 . The door lock system of claim 18 , wherein the corresponding hole is a slot, and wherein the projection is configured to slide along the slot as the lock spindle rotates about the lock axis.
22 . The door lock system of claim 21 , wherein the slot is an arcuate slot.
23 . The door lock system of claim 22 , wherein the projection is configured to orbit the lock axis as the projection slides along the arcuate slot.
24 . The door lock system of claim 22 wherein the projection is a first projection and the arcuate slot is a first arcuate slot, wherein the door lock system further comprises a second projection operatively coupled to the lock spindle and configured to slide along a second arcuate slot in the backplate at the lock spindle rotates about the lock axis.
25 . The door lock system of claim 24 wherein the first and second projections are configured to orbit the lock axis as the first and second projections slide along the respective first and second arcuate slots.
26 . The door lock system of claim 24 , further comprising a third projection operatively coupled to the lock spindle and configured to extend into a circular hole in the backplate and to rotate about the lock axis as the lock spindle rotates about the lock axis.
27 . The door lock system of claim 26 , wherein at least a portion of the first and second projections are disposed at a greater radial distance from the lock axis than the third projection.
28 . The door lock system of claim 26 , wherein the third projection is a cylindrical projection.
29 . The door lock system of claim 26 , further comprising a disc operatively coupling the handle and the lock spindle, wherein the first, second, and third projections extend from a surface of the disc.
30 . The door lock system of claim 29 , wherein the first, second, and third projections each extend approximately perpendicular from the surface of the disc.