Patent ID: 7803856

Claim:
A flame-retardant polyamide composition, comprising a blend of: a polyamide; about 5 to about 25 weight percent of a flame retardant system comprising i) a metal phosphinate or diphosphinate salt; and ii) at least one nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of condensation products of melamine and/or reaction products of condensation products of melamine with phosphoric acid, and/or mixtures thereof, including for example melam, melem, melon, melamine cyanurate, melamine phosphate compounds, dimelamine phosphate and/or melamine pyrophosphate, benzoguanamine compounds, terepthalic ester compounds of tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate, allantoin compounds, glycoluril compounds, ammeline, ammelide, and combinations thereof; and about 2 to about 36 weight percent of at least one aromatic polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(arylene ether), polyetherimide, polyetherimide/polyimide copolymers, poly(arylene sulfide), polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyetheretherketone, an styrenic impact modifier, and combinations thereof; wherein all the amounts are based upon the total weight of the composition; wherein the composition exhibits a Glow Wire Ignition Temperature as measured according to IEC-60695-2-13 of 750° C. or greater at about 1.6 millimeter thickness.