Vibration damping system

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: IN A SPACECRAFT HAVING A RIGID BODY STRUCTURE AND ADAPTED TO OPERATE IN A VACUUM ENVIRONMENT, A VIBRATION DAMPING SYSTEM COMPRISING, (1) A PAIR OF LOAD RECEIVING MEMBERS LOCATED IN PARALLEL PLANES ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A BODY SUBJECT TO VIBRATION; (2) A SUPPORT MEMBER LOCATED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID LOAD RECEIVING MEMBERS AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE PAIR OF LOAD RECEIVING MEMBERS, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING AN ORIFICE THEREIN WHOSE AXIS IS PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PLANES, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID RIGID BODY STRUCTURE; (3) A FIRST AND SECOND FLEXIBLE CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED METALLIC BELLOWS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AXES AS SAID ORIFICE, SAID BELLOWS HAVING A FIRST END PORTION AND A SECOND END PORTION, SAID FIRST METALLIC BELLOWS BEING CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER AT SAID FIRST END PORTION AND TO ONE OF THE LOAD RECEIVING MEMBERS AT SAID SECOND END PORTION, AND SAID SECOND BELLOWS BEING ATTACHED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER AT SAID FIRST END PORTION AND THE OTHER LOAD RECEIVING MEMBER AT SAID SECOND END PORTION, SAID BELLOWS BEING WELDED TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND SAID LOAD RECEIVING MEMBERS SO AS TO DEFINE SEALED SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL VOLUMES BETWEEN THE SUPPORT MEMBER AND EACH OF SAID LOAD RECEIVING MEMBERS;