Patent 7786206 was granted and assigned to Asahi Kasei on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:(A) 30 to 80 parts by mass of a polyamide;(B) 20 to 70 parts by mass of a polyphenylene ether;(C) 0 to 40 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyphenylene ether (B), of a rubbery polymer; and(D) 10 to 50 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyphenylene ether (B), of a platy inorganic filler having an average particle size of 9 to 20 μm, and having a particle size ratio (d75%/d25%) of the particle size (d75%) at 75% counted from smaller particle size to the particle size (d25%) at 25% of 1.0 or more and 2.5 or less.