Silica reinforced rubber composition and tire with tread

US5914364A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · US

Inventors

• Martin Paul Cohen · Akron, US
• Cheryl Ann Losey · Kent, US
• Raymond Benjamin Roennau · Stow, US
• Shingo Futamura · Wadsworth, US
• Thierry Florent Edme Materne · Fairlawn, US
• James Oral Hunt · Akron, US
• Ghislain Adolphe Leon Thise · Wardin, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 22, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08K5/548
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a silica reinforced rubber composition and to pneumatic tires having treads comprised of the silica reinforced rubber compositions. The silica reinforced rubber composition comprises at least one elastomer, silica, a silica coupler, a hydrophobating agent and, optionally, carbon black.