Rubber composition usable as a tire tread
US6815473B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/86
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition having improved hysteresis properties in the cross-linked state which is useful for constituting a tire tread, to a process for preparation of such a cross-linkable composition, to a tread of this type and to a tire having reduced rolling resistance. The rubber composition according to the invention is based on:an elastomeric matrix comprising at least one diene elastomer which comprises a carboxylic acid function at one or at each of its two chain ends, anda reinforcing filler comprising a reinforcing inorganic filler,wherein said diene elastomer has a molecular weight which is greater than 80,000 g/mol, and it is present in a majority quantity in said elastomeric matrix.
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