Patents Represented by Attorney Michael R. Asam
  • Patent number: 7119150
    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