Abstract: The invention relates to a vegetable oil based rubber cement and tire with fabricated tread. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a tire with a rubber tread with a splice containing a vegetable oil based rubber cement. In one embodiment the tread rubber contains precipitated silica reinforcement. In one embodiment, the vegetable oil is comprised of soybean oil. In one embodiment the vegetable oil is provided in a vegetable oil extended elastomer. In one embodiment, the vegetable oil is provided as an additive to the rubber based adhesive.

Abstract: The subject invention is directed towards tire components which are comprised of rubber compositions which are comprised of (1) about 2 phr to about 45 phr of a trans-1,4-isoprene-butadiene copolymer which has about 4 weight percent to about 16 weight percent butadiene repeat units and from about 84 weight percent to about 96 weight percent isoprene repeat units, wherein the trans-1,4-isoprene-butadiene copolymer has a Mooney ML 1+4 viscosity which is within the range of about 35 to about 80; and (2) about 55 phr to about 98 phr of at least one other elastomer, preferably a diene based elastomer. The most preferred tire components are those which contain cord reinforcements and require adequate green strength to enhance the tire building and shaping process to maintain cord integrity in the final cured tire.

Abstract: This invention discloses a tire having enhanced wet traction and ice traction characteristics. These tires are comprised of a generally toroidal-shaped carcass with an outer circumferential tread, two spaced beads, at least one ply extending from bead to bead and sidewalls extending radially from and connecting said tread to said beads, wherein said tread is adapted to be ground-contacting, wherein the tread includes at least one circumferential groove which separates circumferential ribs, each circumferential groove having two sides and a base therebetween, and wherein the sides of each circumferential groove are comprised of a rubbery composition that includes silicate microflakes which are substantially aligned in an orientation which is parallel with the sides of the grooves.

Abstract: The invention relates to pneumatic tires with ribbed treads which may be, for example pneumatic tires such as bus tires and truck tires.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having a circumferential rubber tread of a cap/base construction composed of a cap rubber layer as the tire running surface and an internal base rubber layer underlying said tread cap layer. The said tread cap layer is composed of a primary tread cap portion and one or two lateral tread cap portions of rubber compositions containing precipitated silica and/or rubber reinforcing carbon black reinforcement and wherein the rubber composition of at least one of said lateral tread cap portions contains a dispersion of short carbon fibers. Said primary tread cap portion contains a major portion of the running surface of the tread and is comprised of a silica-rich or carbon black-rich, preferably silica-rich, reinforcement-containing rubber composition, and said lateral tread portion(s) contains a minor portion of the running surface of the tread and is comprised of a silica-rich or carbon black-rich, preferably carbon black-rich, reinforcement-containing rubber composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber cement, fabricated tire tread and resulting tire, where the tire tread is fabricated by joining ends of an uncured rubber strip together with a silica coupler-containing rubber cement between opposing ends of the uncured tread rubber strip where the rubber strip contains a high content of hydrophobated precipitated silica and where the cement contains a silica coupling agent.

Abstract: A system for constructing a pneumatic tire includes a tread component having two opposite tread splice ends, a water based adhesive applied to the tread splice ends for securing the tread splice ends to each other; and a heating means applied to the tread splice ends and water based adhesive for reducing drying duration of the water based adhesive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water based rubber cement and tire with fabricated tread where the tire tread is fabricated by joining ends of an uncured rubber strip containing a high content of hydrophobated precipitated silica content with a water based cement containing a diene-based elastomer and a component reactive with said diene based elastomer and with residual hydroxyl groups on said hydrophobated precipitated silica contained in said uncured rubber strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to preparation of rubber compositions containing filamentary syndiotactic polybutadiene and tires having components containing filamentary syndiotactic polybutadiene.

Abstract: The invention relates to rubber compositions, and their use, including composites of such rubber compositions containing wire reinforcement and tires having a component comprised of such rubber composition or composite.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rubber composition and tire with component comprises of such rubber composition comprised of a combination of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, desirably natural rubber, and low level of soybean oil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component containing a rubber composition comprising (A) a diene based elastomer; and (B) an adhesion promoter derived from (1) a flavone; (2) a methylene donor; and (3) a methylene acceptor; wherein the rubber composition is essentially free of cobalt.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with a circumferential rubber tread composition comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition containing diene based polymers in combination with traction resin(s) and vegetable oil, particularly soybean oil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire with an outer rubber sidewall layer containing elastomers consisting of synthetic elastomers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire with tread of a rubber composition containing a functionalized elastomer and pre-hydrophobated precipitated silica reinforcement.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tire having at least one rubber component which contains a cast, extruded, or calendered film of syndiotactic polybutadiene polymer. The syndiotactic polybutadiene polymer film is integral with the surface of the rubber component in a sense of being co-cured therewith. Such film may be added directly to the tire during the building process or involve a separate process of producing a tire component as a composite of the film and a rubber composition (rubber component) prior to the tire building stage. Such composite can be as is or partially pre-cured before being applied in the tire building process. The syndiotactic polybutadiene polymer film is provided to promote both stability and age durability for the tire component.

Abstract: This invention relates to vegetable oil extended rubber containing soy oil and tire with a component of such oil extended rubber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having a tread with a cellular rubber running surface to promote a fast wearing tread running surface designed to expel internally heated tread rubber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having a tread of a cured rubber composition which contains dual silica moieties in a sense of containing both hydrophilic precipitated silica and in situ hydrophobated precipitated silica.

Abstract: A carbon black reinforced rubber composition which contains hydrophilic sorbitan monostearate and specialized tackifying resin and a pneumatic rubber tire having a visually observable rubber component, such as for example a rubber sidewall, of said rubber composition. The surface of said rubber composition, namely the tire sidewall rubber component, in its uncured state contains said hydrophilic sorbitan monostearate on its surface together with said specialized tackifying resin to promote enhanced building tack and thereby counteract building tack loss by the sorbitan monostearate having been exposed to moisture (moisture exposed surface) during the processing of the rubber composition, particularly after its high shear processing such as, for example, extrusion.