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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Echo Incorporated, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Fernando Iacona, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Joseph John Zenkus, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Ryan Garrett, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
ECHO INCORPORATED, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
The combination of: a cutting head configured to be coupled to a rotary drive to cause at least one cutting element on the cutting head to move in a cutting path; and a coupling system made up of a core and first and second adaptor assemblies. The first and second adaptor assemblies are interchangeably usable, one in place of the other, together with the first core, to allow coupling of the cutting head with different rotary drive configurations. With the cutting head coupled to a rotary drive using the first adaptor assembly together with the first core, a part of each of: i) the first core; and ii) the first adaptor assembly is engaged with the at least part of the cutting head, with at least one of: a) the first core; and b) the first adaptor assembly keyed directly to the at least part of the cutting head.