Patent ID: 7989526

Claim:
A flame-retarded, reinforced polyamide resin composition, comprising: (a) about 30 to about 90 weight percent of a polyamide component comprising about 20 to 100 weight percent of at least one semiaromatic polyamide; (b) flame retardant: (c) about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent of at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid whose molecular weight is higher than 180 g/mol, and (d) about 20 to about 60 weight percent of at least one inorganic agent selected from the group consisting of reinforcing agent and filler, wherein the weight percentages of (a) and (d) are based on the total weight of the composition; wherein flame retardant (b) is present in an amount of about 10 to about 45 percent of the weight of polyamide (a); and wherein the weight percentages of (c) is based on the total weight of the polyamide (a).