Subsea connection enhancement assembly

A subsea connector assembly for coupling a spool member to a wellhead member, comprising:

• a connector including a lock assembly configured to engage a first portion of a wellhead member;
• and
• a bending moment suppression device coupled to the connector configured to engage a second portion of the wellhead member, wherein the second portion is spaced axially from the first portion, the bending moment suppression device including:
• a housing including an inner surface defining a bore, the inner surface having a collet actuation profile;
• a collet disposed in the bore of the housing, the collet including a plurality of collet fingers engaged with the collet actuation profile, wherein the collet is axially moveable relative to the housing within the bore to move the collet fingers along the collet actuation profile moving the plurality of collet fingers between a disengaged position and an engaged position, and wherein the collet fingers are engaged with the second portion of the wellhead member when in the engaged position;
• a first actuator assembly configured to move the collet axially relative to the housing;
• and
• a collet actuator ring coupled to the collet, wherein the first actuator assembly is engaged with the collet actuator ring, and the first actuator assembly is configured to move the collet actuator ring axially moving the collet relative to the housing.