Method of preparing tire with tread of cap/base construction
US6036800A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2030/002
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a tire with a rubber tread of a cap/base construction wherein the tread cap is designed to be ground-contacting, wherein the tread base underlies said tread cap, is not intended to be ground-contacting, and is a matrix composition composed of at least one elastomer where the matrix composition contains a dispersed micro inclusion made of a particulate, high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer and wherein the tread cap is composed of a blend of elastomers without such micro inclusion.
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