A blending of a styrenic resin, and a flame retardant comprising a phenolic resin and a phosphazene compound to a polyalkylene arylate-series resin imparts flame retardancy to a polyalkylene arylate-series resin. The phosphazene compound is a cyclic phenoxyphosphazene compound, a linear phenoxyphosphazene compound, or a crosslinked phenoxyphosphazene compound. The obtained polyalkylene arylate-series resin composition has excellent heat resistance and high flame-retardancy without bleeding out t...

A polyalkylene terephthalate-series resin (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate-series resin, polybutylene terephthalate-series resin) is improved in flame retardancy by using a flame retardant containing a phosphazene compound and a phenolic resin. The phosphazene compound is a compound shown by the following formulae (1) and/ or (2), and/or a compound being the above compound crosslinked with a phenylene group or a crosslinking group shown by the following formula (3a). The proportion of the phosp...

The resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a resin composition comprising a polyphenylene ether resin or a polyphenylene ether resin and a polystyrene resin and (B) a phosphazene compound having an acid value of less than 0.5. This resin composition contains no halogen compounds and hence is environmentally preferred, and furthermore is excellent in electrical characteristics, heat resistance and mechanical properties, causes substantially no problems such as smoking during inj...

Electrodes for stimulating living tissue such as penile, scrotal, anal, vaginal and clitoral tissue are shown. The electrodes are formed from elastomeric material. Electrical stimulation to such areas is intended to control incontinence, to induce penile erection, or to induce excitation and orgasm. A plug electrode formed from elastomeric material, has a nonconductive base plate and base, and a conductive portion comprising a stem extending from the base and the ellipsoid ball extending from th...

A multichannel pipe of reduced wall thickness and increased rigidity consists in a plurality of elongated strips welded along their lateral edges to one another. The strips are of arcuate shape in a direction transverse to their length to form a tubular structure. Webs extend from each juncture of two strips across the pipe to another juncture. The angles included by the arcs of the strips are such that the angle at which the strips and the webs meet is larger than 90.degree. . The radius of cur...

A variable speed transmission comprising outer and inner rotatable members mounted for rotation about first and second rotational axes, respectively, at least first and second one-way clutches mounted on the inner rotatable member, and first and second drive elements attached to the first and second clutches, respectively, and to the outer member so that rotation of one of the rotatable members about its rotational axis causes the drive elements to rotate the other of the rotatable members about...

A charger has two or more separate charging ports to which two or more rechargeable batteries can be coupled, respectively. Current from a single current source is allocated to the two or more separate charging ports so that the two or more rechargeable batteries will be fully charged at substantially the same time.

A flame retardant comprising a phosphazene compound, a polyphenylene oxide-series resin, and if necessary a styrenic resin and/or a nitrogen-containing compound imparts flame retardancy to a polyalkylene arylate-series resin. The phosphazene compound comprises at least a crosslinked phenoxyphosphazene compound. The obtained polyalkylene arylate-series resin composition shows high flame-retardancy.

An electrically conductive oil mud meeting the fluid requirements for resistive logging tools and a method for preparing such mud is disclosed. The fluid has been optimized to deliver performance in a manner as similar to that of a traditional invert emulsion drilling fluid as is practical while still maintaining the required electrical conductivity for resistivity-based logging tools. This electrically conductive oil-based mud comprises a polar synthetic ester base and complimentary ester surfa...

A flame-retardant composition comprises a polyphenylene ether resin having a number average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 500 to 5,000 and a phosphazene compound, the content of the polyphenylene ether being 20 to 95% by weight and that of the phosphazene compound being 80 to 5% by weight. The flame-retardant composition is excellent in processability when added to resins, and can provide a resin composition that contains no halogens and has an excellent balance of processability, ...