Abstract: Rubber compositions such as tire innerliners contain significant amounts of ground, fine size tire curing bladder rubber as a filler. Critical properties such as air retention are not affected and spent or old curing bladder rubber which would otherwise go to a landfill is effectively recycled.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 27, 1999
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2002
Assignee:
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC
Inventors:
Nicole L. Squire, Michael S. James, William J. O'Briskie
Abstract: A vehicle (e.g., a truck) rubber air spring is bonded to a seat of a fixturing sleeve. A bead of the air spring has a rubber primer thereon and the seat of the fixturing sleeve has a fixturing primer thereon. An adhesive located between the rubber and fixturing primers permanently secures the air spring to the sleeve seat.
Abstract: These polymers are copolymers or overpolymers having a substrate of styrene butadiene copolymer overpolymerized with an amine substituted alkyl acrylate. The polymers promote adhesion between organic and inorganic substrates and unsaturated polymers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 5, 1990
Date of Patent:
July 23, 1991
Assignee:
The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company
Inventors:
Lothar F. Stiberth, James R. Miller, Sudhendra V. Hublikar