Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for chemically adhering a diene rubber to a piezoelectric polymer, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a piezoelectric polymer having at least one surface, b) providing a rubber component having at least one surface and comprising a sulfur cross-linkable rubber composition, c) introducing oxygen-containing functional groups on the at least one surface of the piezoelectric polymer, d) reacting the oxygen-containing functional groups with a compound comprising thiocyanate groups, and e) contacting the surface of the piezoelectric polymer obtained of step d) with the surface of the rubber component, and cross-linking.

Abstract: A cross-linkable rubber composition for a tyre tread, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr) a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) comprising an alkoxysilane group and a primary amino group; ?45 phr of at least one filler; and ?1 phr of a resin; characterised in that the composition comprises ?90 phr to ?100 phr of the SSBR, wherein the SSBR has a styrene content of 20% to 35% and a vinyl content of 48% to 60% (as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy) and a glass transition temperature Tg (determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) according to ISO 22768) between ?23 #C to ?30 #C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable rubber composition, a cross-linked rubber composition obtained by cross-linking such a rubber composition, a method of preparing a tyre and a tyre. The cross-linkable rubber composition comprises, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): ?10 phr to ?20 phr of a natural rubber or an isoprene rubber or a combination thereof; a filler; a resin, and first and second coupling agents, wherein the first coupling agent is a mercaptosilane and the second coupling agent is a silane selected from a disulfide silane, a tetrasulfide silane, or a combination thereof, wherein the rubber composition comprises ?80 phr to ?90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) comprising an alkoxysilane group and a primary amino group, and wherein the weight by weight ratio of the mercaptosilane to the silane is in a range of ?2:1 to ?4:1.

Abstract: A cross-linkable rubber composition may include, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): 100 phr of a blend of a natural rubber (NR), a polybutadiene rubber (BR), and first and second solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubbers (SSBR); a silica filler, a resin, and ?1 phr to ?20 phr of first and second coupling agents, wherein the first coupling agent is a mercaptosilane and the second coupling agent is selected from a disulfide silane, a tetrasulfide silane, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable rubber composition, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): 100 phr of a rubber component comprising a natural rubber or an isoprene rubber or a combination thereof, a white filler, and a black filler. The white filler is a mixture of a first white filler and a second white filler, wherein the first white filler has a BET surface area of 170 m2/g to 180 m2/g measured according to ASTM D6738 and/or the second white filler has a BET surface area of 5 m2/g to 10 m2/g measured according to ASTM D5604.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable rubber composition, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising a natural rubber (NR), a filler, and a resin. The resin is a terpolymer of ethylene, acrylic ester and maleic anhydride and is present in an amount ranging from ?5 to ?20 phr.

Abstract: A pneumatic tyre having an equatorial plane for an agricultural machine includes a tread having first lugs extending from the first lateral tread edge toward the equatorial plane, having an arcuate leading edge that arcs from the first lateral tread edge to an axial leading nose edge next to a substantially circumferential inner nose edge, and an arcuate trailing edge that arcs from the first lateral tread edge to the substantially circumferential inner nose edge; and second lugs extending from the second lateral tread edge toward the inner equatorial plane, having an arcuate leading edge that arcs from the second lateral tread edge to an axial leading nose edge next to a substantially circumferential inner nose edge, and an arcuate trailing edge that arcs from the second lateral tread edge to the substantially circumferential inner nose edge.

Abstract: It is provided a pneumatic tyre, the tyre having a circumferential direction, an axial direction and an equatorial plane, and the tyre comprising: a tread extending in a tyre circumferential direction, said tread comprising at least one circumferential groove running continuously in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of axial grooves or transverse grooves running at an angle to the axial direction, and a plurality of blocks defined by the circumferential groove and the axial grooves or transverse grooves, said blocks extending radially between an inner surface of the tread and a tread surface to come into contact with the ground, wherein at least some of the blocks comprise at least one wavy groove that extends from a circumferential groove inwardly into the block, and wherein the wavy groove has a depth extending radially from the tread surface to come into contact with the ground towards the inner surface that ends above the inner surface (26) of the tread.

Abstract: A pneumatic tyre comprising an inner surface of the tyre, wherein a sound absorbing device component is connected to the inner surface of the tyre. The sound absorbing device component comprises a panel with a plurality of perforations and two sidewall sections, the sidewall sections being distinct from the panel, wherein the sidewall sections are connected to the inner surface of the tyre and arranged opposite of each other and wherein the panel is borne by the sidewall sections, thereby positioning the panel at a distance from the inner surface of the tyre and defining an inner volume enclosed by the panel, the sidewall sections and the inner surface. Furthermore, ?95 area-% of all perforations which permit access to the inner volume are located on the panel.