"lock in place" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to something being securely fastened in a fixed position. Example sentence: She tightened the screw to make sure the handle was locked in place.
That is why the Clinton administration worked overtime to lock in place a range of rules the Republicans find objectionable.
Particularly in the area of consumer privacy, we should be wary of preemption that could lock in place federal standards that are soon obsolete.
Roughened (e.g., porous) surfaces can be utilized to lock in place a lubricating fluid, referred to herein as Liquid B to repel a wide range of materials, referred to herein as Object A (Solid A or Liquid A).
Republicans also approved a plan to lock in place a work requirement for Medicaid and food stamps, which would force tens of thousands of indigent yet able-bodied and childless adults under the age of 50 to work to qualify for these public benefits.
… Opponents of the plan, meanwhile, continued to demonstrate at the State Capitol, including at a Christmas-tree lighting presided over by Gov. Scott Walker (R)." Just after midnight, Republicans approved a plan to lock in place a Medicaid work requirement, which Evers said he intended to roll back.
SRAM hopes to sell 5,000 SmartBars, $275 (retail) handlebars that adjust and lock in place for height and reach, and come with options like lights and odometers.
The considered faults are modeled as both loss of effectiveness and lock-in-place.
The considered actuator faults contain both loss of effectiveness and lock-in-place.
The considered actuator failures are modeled as both lock-in-place and loss of effectiveness.
The nonlinear systems under study contain unknown functions, unmeasured states and actuator faults, which are described by the loss of effectiveness and lock-in-place modes.
The cases that one of elevators is lock-in-place and another elevator or the engine is partial loss of effectiveness are addressed.
