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Rubber composition for use in tire
Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1987-07-06
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Granted: 1988-05-03
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Expires: 2007-07-06
Abstract
Abstract YA rubber composition for use in tire having improved rolling resistance, wet skid resistance and processability is disclosed, which comprises at least 20% by weight of a conjugated diolefin-vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon random copolymer. This random copolymer is produced by copolymerization with a particular initiator and coupling with a particular coupling agent, and has a content of vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon of 3-60% by weight, a content of tin bonded to copolymer of not less than 400 ppm and a Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4 100 °C.) of 20-200.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumio Tsutsumi
- 👤 Mitsuhiko Sakakibara
- 👤 Yoshihisa Fujinaga
- 👤 Noboru Oshima
- 👤 Tatsuo Fujimaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 10:55
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08C; C08C19/00; C08C19/30; C08C19/42; C08C19/44; C08L; C08L9/00; C08L9/06; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/56; C08K5/57; C08L7/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A rubber composition for use in tires comprising at least 20% by weight of a conjugated diolefinvinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon random copolymer based on the total weight of the rubber content, wherein said random copolymer is produced by: (A) copolymerizing a conjugated diolefin and a vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, in the presence of: (i) an organolithium initiator containing not less than 50 mol % of an organodilithium compound, or (ii) an admixture of an organomonolithium initiator and a polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene and diisopropenyl benzene and then, (B) subjecting the resulting copolymer to a coupling reaction with a halogenated tin compound in an amount of at least 0.5 equivalents of halogen in the halogenated tin compound per 1.0 equivalent of lithium, and wherein said random copolymer satisfies the following requirements: (i) the content of vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon is 3 to 60% by weight; (ii) the content of tin bonded to the copolymer is not less than 400 ppm; and (iii) the Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4 100 ° C.) is 20 to 200.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A rubber composition for use in tires comprising at least 20% by weight of a conjugated diolefinvinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon random copolymer based on the total weight of the rubber content, wherein said random copolymer is produced by: (A) copolymerizing a conjugated diolefin and a vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon, in the presence of: (i) an organolithium initiator containing not less than 50 mol % of an organodilithium compound, or (ii) an admixture of an organomonolithium initiator and a polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene and diisopropenyl benzene and then, (B) subjecting the resulting copolymer to a coupling reaction with a halogenated tin compound in an amount of at least 0.5 equivalents of halogen in the halogenated tin compound per 1.0 equivalent of lithium, and wherein said random copolymer satisfies the following requirements: (i) the content of vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon is 3 to 60% by weight; (ii) the content of tin bonded to the copolymer is not less than 400 ppm; and (iii) the Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4 100 ° C.) is 20 to 200.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein said content of vinyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon is 3 to 50% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein said content of tin bonded to the copolymer is 500 to 10,000 ppm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein said Mooney viscosity is 30 to 150.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein said organodilithium compound is selected from tetramethylene-1,4-dilithium, hexamethylene-1,6-dilithium, 1,3-dilithiobenzene, 1,4-dilithiobenzene, octamethylene-1,8-dilithium and 1,4-dilithiocyclohexane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein said organomonolithium initiator is n-butyllithium or sec-butyllithium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein said halogenated tin compound is selected from dimethyl dichlorotin, dibutyl dichlorotin, tin tetrachloride, tributyl chlorotin, butyl trichlorotin, methyl trichlorotin and tin dichloride.
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