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Pneumatic tires

Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1994-12-21
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Granted: 1996-03-05
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Expires: 2014-12-21
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Abstract

Abstract As a tread rubber of a pneumatic tire is used a rubber composition comprising 10-150 parts by weight of a silica filler, 0-150 parts by weight of carbon black and 0.2-10 parts by weight of at least one specified silane coupling agent, based on 100 parts by weight of a particular polymer rubber having a glass transition temperature of not lower than -50° C. through polymerization of 1,3-butadiene or copolymerization of 1,3-butadiene and styrene with an organic alkali metal initiator, or a rubber blend of not less than 30 parts by weight of the above polymer and not more than 70 parts by weight of the other diene series rubber.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tatsuro Hamada

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 08:22
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08C; C08C19/00; C08C19/30; C08C19/42; C08C19/44; B; B60; B60C; B60C1/00; B60C1/0016; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/54; C08K5/5406

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 250 words
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread made from a rubber composition comprising 10-150 parts by weight of a silica filler, not more than 150 parts by weight of carbon black, wherein said carbon black and silica filler are present in a weight ratio of 95/5-10/90, and 0.2-10 parts by weight of at least one silane coupling agent represented by the following general formula: Y.sub.3 --Si--C.sub.n H.sub.2n A (I) (wherein Y is an alkyl group or alkoxyl group having a carbon number of 1-4 or a chlorine atom, provided that the three Y's are the same or different, n is an integer of 1-6, and A is an --S m C n H 2n Si--Y 3 group, an --X group or an S m Z group (in which X is a nitroso group, a mercapto group, an amino group, an epoxy group, a vinyl group, an imido group or a chlorine atom, Z is a: ##STR3## group, each of m and n is an integer of 1-6 and Y is the same as mentioned above)), based on 100 parts by weight of a polymer or copolymer rubber having a glass transition temperature of not lower than -50° C. obtained by polymerization of 1,3-butadiene or copolymerization of 1,3-butadiene and styrene in an inert organic solvent with an organic alkali metal initiator, or a rubber blend of not less than 30 parts by weight of the above polymer or copolymer and not more than 70 parts by weight of another diene series rubber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 250 words
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread made from a rubber composition comprising 10-150 parts by weight of a silica filler, not more than 150 parts by weight of carbon black, wherein said carbon black and silica filler are present in a weight ratio of 95/5-10/90, and 0.2-10 parts by weight of at least one silane coupling agent represented by the following general formula: Y.sub.3 --Si--C.sub.n H.sub.2n A (I) (wherein Y is an alkyl group or alkoxyl group having a carbon number of 1-4 or a chlorine atom, provided that the three Y's are the same or different, n is an integer of 1-6, and A is an --S m C n H 2n Si--Y 3 group, an --X group or an S m Z group (in which X is a nitroso group, a mercapto group, an amino group, an epoxy group, a vinyl group, an imido group or a chlorine atom, Z is a: ##STR3## group, each of m and n is an integer of 1-6 and Y is the same as mentioned above)), based on 100 parts by weight of a polymer or copolymer rubber having a glass transition temperature of not lower than -50° C. obtained by polymerization of 1,3-butadiene or copolymerization of 1,3-butadiene and styrene in an inert organic solvent with an organic alkali metal initiator, or a rubber blend of not less than 30 parts by weight of the above polymer or copolymer and not more than 70 parts by weight of another diene series rubber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein said copolymer has a content of bound styrene of 15-50% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 56 words
The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the amount of single chain styrene introduced into the copolymer is less than 40% by weight of the total bound styrene content and the amount of long chain styrene having 8 or more styrene units is not less than 10% by weight of the total bound styrene content.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 30 words
The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein said rubber composition contains 15-100 parts by weight of said silica filler and 0.5-5 parts by weight of said silane coupling agent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 41 words
The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein said another diene series rubber is selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, cis-1,4-polyisoprene, emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadienecopolymer, solution-polymerizedstyrene-butadiene copolymer, low cis-1,4-polybutadiene, high cis-1,4-polybutadiene, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer, chloroprene, halogenated butyl rubber and butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer rubber.

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