Abstract: Improvements in the tensile mechanical properties and dynamic viscoelastic properties of silica-reinforced sulfur-vulcanized rubbers can be achieved by compounding elastomers with silica, in the presence of a silane and a catalytic amount of an alkyl tin compound at a high compounding temperature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2006
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation
Inventors:
Chenchy Jeffrey Lin, William L. Hergenrother