Patent ID: 7582693

Claim:
A resin composition consisting of at least one polyphenylene ether, at least one poly(alkenylaromatic) compound, at least one weld line strength promoter, and at least one component selected from the group consisting of flame retardants, impact modifiers, mold releases, antioxidants, stabilizers, fillers, and mixtures thereof, wherein the weld line strength promoter is selected from the group consisting of: cyclohexylamine, 1-hexadecylamine, a triamine having the formula: wherein the sum of x+y+z is from about 3 to about 20; N,N-diethylamine, N,N-dipropylamine, a polyethyleneimine having the formula: wherein “x” and “y” are integers each having a value from about 2 to about 15, a polyamine having a backbone of the formula wherein R is C 2 -C 8 alkylene, C 3 -C 8 alkyl substituted alkylene, and mixtures thereof, wherein m is from 2 to about 700; n is from 0 to about 350, a polyamine having a backbone of the formula: wherein y is from 5 to about 10,000; polyamine compounds wherein from 0% to 100% of the polyamine backbone NH units are substituted by one or more units having the formula: —(R 1 O) x R 2 wherein R 1 is C 2 -C 6 alkylene, C 3 -C 6 alkyl substituted alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 2 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and mixtures thereof, and x is from 1 to 12 and y is from 5 to 5000; a polyethyleneimine, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing weld line strength promoters.