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Rubber composition for a tire tread

US7431061B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateJan 31, 2005
Grant dateOct 7, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08L45/00
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition which is usable to constitute a tire tread having improved wear resistance, to such a tread and to a tire incorporating this tread. The rubber composition is particularly applicable to tires of passenger-vehicle type. The rubber composition includes a plasticizing resin of number-average molecular weight of from 400 to 2000 g/mol, the resin containing units resulting from the polymerization of vinylcyclohexene.

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