Structural augmentation for flexible connector

摘要

A flexible connection extending between two objects which have relative motion is subject to deleterious electrical performance or damage due to fatigue or resonance. The connection is structurally augmented and therefore stiffened without affecting the range of motion by use of one of a pantograph or a bell-crank-and-carriage stiffener arrangement. The structural augmentation connects to the ends of the connection and also to locations along the length, to force portions of the connection to accept motion proportional to their distance between the moving ends.