diff --git a/flow/session_window.go b/flow/session_window.go
index 4889f5a..a6994c3 100644
--- a/flow/session_window.go
+++ b/flow/session_window.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // Session windows do not overlap and do not have a fixed start and end time.
 // T indicates the incoming element type, and the outgoing element type is []T.
 type SessionWindow[T any] struct {
-	sync.Mutex
+	mu            sync.Mutex
 	inactivityGap time.Duration
 	in            chan any
 	out           chan any
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ func (sw *SessionWindow[T]) transmit(inlet streams.Inlet) {
 // It resets the inactivity timer on each new element.
 func (sw *SessionWindow[T]) receive() {
 	for element := range sw.in {
-		sw.Lock()
+		sw.mu.Lock()
 		sw.buffer = append(sw.buffer, element.(T))
-		sw.Unlock()
+		sw.mu.Unlock()
 		sw.notifyTimerReset() // signal to reset the inactivity timer
 	}
 	close(sw.done)
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ func (sw *SessionWindow[T]) emit() {
 // dispatchWindow creates a window from buffered elements and resets the buffer.
 // It sends the slice of elements to the output channel if the window is not empty.
 func (sw *SessionWindow[T]) dispatchWindow() {
-	sw.Lock()
+	sw.mu.Lock()
 	windowElements := sw.buffer
 	sw.buffer = nil
-	sw.Unlock()
+	sw.mu.Unlock()
 
 	// send elements if the window is not empty
 	if len(windowElements) > 0 {
diff --git a/flow/sliding_window.go b/flow/sliding_window.go
index 54db10c..88f10c2 100644
--- a/flow/sliding_window.go
+++ b/flow/sliding_window.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type timedElement[T any] struct {
 // In this case elements are assigned to multiple windows.
 // T indicates the incoming element type, and the outgoing element type is []T.
 type SlidingWindow[T any] struct {
-	sync.Mutex
+	mu                 sync.Mutex
 	windowSize         time.Duration
 	slidingInterval    time.Duration
 	queue              []timedElement[T]
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ func (sw *SlidingWindow[T]) timestamp(element T) int64 {
 // wrapping the original item into a timedElement along with its timestamp.
 func (sw *SlidingWindow[T]) receive() {
 	for element := range sw.in {
-		sw.Lock()
+		sw.mu.Lock()
 		timed := timedElement[T]{
 			element:   element.(T),
 			timestamp: sw.timestamp(element.(T)),
 		}
 		sw.queue = append(sw.queue, timed)
-		sw.Unlock()
+		sw.mu.Unlock()
 	}
 	close(sw.done)
 }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (sw *SlidingWindow[T]) emit() {
 // dispatchWindow is responsible for sending the elements in the current
 // window to the output channel and moving the window to the next position.
 func (sw *SlidingWindow[T]) dispatchWindow(tick time.Time) {
-	sw.Lock()
+	sw.mu.Lock()
 
 	// sort elements in the queue by their timestamp
 	sort.Slice(sw.queue, func(i, j int) bool {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (sw *SlidingWindow[T]) dispatchWindow(tick time.Time) {
 	// move the window
 	sw.queue = nextWindowQueue
 
-	sw.Unlock()
+	sw.mu.Unlock()
 
 	// send elements downstream if the current window is not empty
 	if len(windowElements) > 0 {
diff --git a/flow/tumbling_window.go b/flow/tumbling_window.go
index d36352c..fc828e6 100644
--- a/flow/tumbling_window.go
+++ b/flow/tumbling_window.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // Tumbling windows have a fixed size and do not overlap.
 // T indicates the incoming element type, and the outgoing element type is []T.
 type TumblingWindow[T any] struct {
-	sync.Mutex
+	mu         sync.Mutex
 	windowSize time.Duration
 	in         chan any
 	out        chan any
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ func (tw *TumblingWindow[T]) transmit(inlet streams.Inlet) {
 // receive buffers the incoming elements.
 func (tw *TumblingWindow[T]) receive() {
 	for element := range tw.in {
-		tw.Lock()
+		tw.mu.Lock()
 		tw.buffer = append(tw.buffer, element.(T))
-		tw.Unlock()
+		tw.mu.Unlock()
 	}
 	close(tw.done)
 }
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ func (tw *TumblingWindow[T]) emit() {
 // dispatchWindow creates a window from buffered elements and resets the buffer.
 // It sends the slice of elements to the output channel if the window is not empty.
 func (tw *TumblingWindow[T]) dispatchWindow() {
-	tw.Lock()
+	tw.mu.Lock()
 	windowElements := tw.buffer
 	tw.buffer = nil
-	tw.Unlock()
+	tw.mu.Unlock()
 
 	// send elements if the window is not empty
 	if len(windowElements) > 0 {