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: Rubber composition for tyres with low rolling resistance and good winter properties 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. In a cross-linkable rubber composition, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprises, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): ?91 to ?99 phr of natural rubber or isoprene rubber or combination thereof, a syndiotactic 1,2 polybutadiene, and ?1 to ?100 phr of a filler comprising carbon black, wherein the ratio of the syndiotactic 1,2 polybutadiene to the carbon black is in the range of 1:8 to 1:3 and in that the ratio of the syndiotactic 1,2 polybutadiene to the carbon black is in the range of ?1:8 to ?1:3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable rubber composition for body compounds of a tyre, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising, based upon parts by weight per 100 parts by weight rubber (phr): ?30 to ?90 phr of a natural rubber or isoprene rubber or combination thereof, ?10 to ?25 phr of a syndiotactic 1, 2-polybutadiene, ?3 to ?10 phr of a resin, and a filler, wherein the ratio in phr (parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of rubber) of the syndiotactic 1, 2-polybutadiene to the resin is in the range of ?1:1 to ?7:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle tyre comprising a piezoelectric device, wherein the piezoelectric device comprises a layer of a piezoelectric polymer having first and second opposing sides, and a first and a second layer of conductive rubber provided adjacent to the first and second opposing sides of the layer of piezoelectric polymer.

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: 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. In a cross-linkable rubber composition the cross-linkable rubber composition comprises, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): ?50 phr of a first rubber, the first rubber being a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) comprising an alkoxysilane group and a primary amino group; ?20 phr of a second rubber; and a coupling agent, a filler, and a resin, wherein the rubber composition comprises >15 phr of a third rubber; and ?10 phr of a fourth rubber; and wherein the composition comprises ?1 phr to ?20 phr of at least two coupling agents wherein one of the coupling agents is or comprises a mercapto based silane and wherein the ratio of the mercapto based silane to the second coupling agent is in a range of ?2:1 to ?10:1.

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. In a cross-linkable rubber composition the cross-linkable rubber composition comprises, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): ?1 phr to ?99 phr of a rubber component selected from the group of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), polybutadiene rubber (BR), natural rubber (NR) or a mixture thereof; and ?1 phr to ?120 phr of an aliphatic resin component. The composition further comprises ?1 phr to ?50 phr of a polyisoprene rubber (IR) having ?mol-%, as determined by NMR spectroscopy, of 3,4-linked units derived from isoprene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a a cross-linkable rubber composition, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising, based upon parts by weight per 100 parts by weight rubber (phr): ?60 phr to ?80 phr of a butadiene rubber, a syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, coupling agent, a filler, and a resin, wherein the composition co?prises ?10 phr to ?20 phr of the sy?diotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, and wherein the composition comprises ?1 phr to ?20 phr of at least two coupling agents wherein one of the coupling agents is or comprises a mercapto based silane and wherein the ratio of the mercapto based silane to the second coupling agent is in the range of ?2:1 to ?:10:1.

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: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable rubber composition, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising a halogenated butyl rubber, 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 ?1 to ?20 phr.

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. In a cross-linkable rubber composition the cross-linkable rubber composition comprises, per hundred parts by weight of rubber (phr): ?1 phr to ?99 phr of a rubber component selected in from the group of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), polybutadiene rubber (BR), natural rubber (NR) or a mixture thereof; and ?1 phr to ?120 phr of an aliphatic resin component. The composition further comprises ?1 phr to ?50 phr of a polyisoprene rubber (IR) having ?mol-%, as determined by NMR spectroscopy, of 3,4-linked units derived from isoprene.