Abstract: The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture having a wire-reinforced component comprising (A) a metallic wire; and (B) a rubber composition contacting the wire, the rubber composition comprising (1) a diene based elastomer; and (2) a tin(II) carboxylate salt.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a pair of sidewalls overlying a carcass connecting a pair of bead components and a rubber chafer adjacent to each sidewall, the chafer including 100 parts by weight of elastomer; 20 to 60 phr of a low surface area carbon black having an Iodine absorption value of from about 10 to about 50 g/kg; 20 to 60 phr of a high surface area carbon black having an Iodine absoption value of from about 100 to about 300 g/kg, each sidewall including 100 phr of the same elastomer used in the chafers; 20 to 60 phr of the same low surface area carbon black used in the chafers; 10 to 20 phr of the same high surface area carbon black used in the chafers, the weight ratio of high surface area carbon black in the chafers to high surface area carbon black in the sidewalls being greater than 1.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a tread, the tread comprising a rubber composition comprising from 20 to 90 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr) of solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, from 10 to 80 phr of polybutadiene rubber, wherein from 0 to 20 weight percent of the polybutadiene rubber is a syndiotactic polybutadiene rubber comprising at least 70 percent of monomeric units in syndiotactic 1,2 configuration and the balance of the polybutadiene rubber comprises at least 90 percent of monomeric units in cis-1,4 configuration; and from 50 to 150 phr of pre-hydrophobated precipitated silica wherein the pre-hydrophobated precipitated silica is hydrophobated prior to its addition to the rubber composition by treatment with at least one silane selected from the group consisting of alkylsilanes, alkoxysilanes, organoalkoxysilyl polysulfides and organomercaptoalkoxysilanes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a pair of spaced apart bead components, a connecting carcass between the bead components, a pair of sidewalls overlying the carcass, and a rubber chafer adjacent to each of the sidewalls and positioned around at least a portion of each of the bead components and intended for contacting a rigid rim of a wheel, wherein the chafers comprise 100 parts by weight of elastomer; 20 to 60 phr of a low surface area carbon black having an Iodine absorption value in a range of from about 10 to about 50 as measured by ASTM D1510; 20 to 60 phr of a high surface area carbon black having an Iodine absorption value in a range of from about 100 to about 300 g/kg as measured by ASTM D1510; wherein the sidewalls comprise 100 phr of the same elastomer used in the chafers; 20 to 60 phr of the same low surface area carbon black used in the chafers; 10 to 20 phr of the same high surface area carbon black used in the chafers; wherein the weight ratio of high surface area carbon

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a rubber sidewall including (A) 30 to 80 phr of natural rubber; (B) 20 to 70 phr of cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber; (C) from 10 to 100 phr of silica; and (D) from 1 to 30 phr of a particulate rubber gel filler selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene gel, styrene butadiene gel, acrylonitrile-butadiene gel, chloroprene gel, natural rubber gel, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for maintaining the black sidewall appearance of a tire, comprising the step of fabricating the tire with a rubber sidewall compound comprising 100 parts by weight of at least one diene based rubber; from 10 to 70 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of diene based rubber (phr) of a rubber process oil selected from the group consisting of aromatic, paraffinic, naphthenic, vegetable oils other than castor oil, and low PCA oils including MES, TDAE, SRAE and heavy naphthenic oils; and from 0.5 to 3 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of diene based rubber (phr) of a triglyceride derived from fatty acids comprising at least 80 percent by weight of at least one of ricinoleic acid and 12-hydroxy stearic acid.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a rubber sidewall including (A) 30 to 80 phr of natural rubber; (B) 20 to 70 phr of cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber; (C) from 10 to 100 phr of silica; and (D) from 1 to 30 phr of a particulate rubber gel filler selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene gel, styrene butadiene gel, acrylonitrile-butadiene gel, chloroprene gel, natural rubber gel, and mixtures thereof.