Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire having greatly shortened vulcanization time, good silica dispersibility and, after vulcanization, superior braking capability, abrasion resistance and low rolling resistance, comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a conjugated diene-based rubber, (B) 90 to 150 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler containing silica, (C) 0 to 40 parts by weight of an oil, (D) 4 to 20% by weight, based upon the weight of the silica, a silane coupling agent having the formula (I): Y3Si—CnH2nA ??(I) wherein Y indicates a C1 to C25 alkyl or alkoxyl group or a chloro group, the three Y's may be the same or different, n is an integer of 1 to 6, A is a mercapto group or SmZ group, where Z is the group: and m is an integer of 1 to 6) (E) sulfur, and (F) 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a thiuram disulfide-based vulcanization accelerator having the formula (II): wherein R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently hydrocarbon groups having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, is provided.

Abstract: A rubber composition containing (i) a conjugated diene-based rubber gel having a toluene swelling index of 16 to 70, (ii) a diene-based rubber such as natural rubber, polyisoprene rubber, aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer rubber and/or polybutadiene rubber, and (iii) an optional carbon black and/or silica and (a) a pneumatic tire using this composition as a high hardness reinforcing layer extending from a bead along a tire sidewalls, in which the fluidity and dimensional stability at the time of extrusion are improved, while maintaining a sufficient hardness of a high hardness reinforced rubber, (b) a pneumatic tire using this composition as two ends of a tire tread extrudate, maintaining a flex fatigue of the two ends of the tread, in which the extrudability and extrusion dimensional stability are improved and (c) a pneumatic tire using the composition as a 1.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire improving driving stability, road noise, riding comfort, and a fuel consumption performance in a balanced manner. The pneumatic tire includes: a bead filler made wider than a triangle formed by connecting its base and top in a cross-sectional view taken along a meridian of the tire; and a sheet-like auxiliary filler arranged from a sidewall portion to a bead portion, having thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 mm and formed of a material harder than neighboring rubber compositions excluding the bead filler. The top D of the bead filler is positioned lower than a point B1 and higher than a rim flange by at least 5 mm, a lower end C1 of the auxiliary filler is positioned higher than a point A1 and lower than a point E2, and an upper end C2 thereof is positioned lower than a point A2, apart from the point A2 by at least 10 mm, and higher than a point B2.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire allowed to increase steering stability and durability while reducing rolling resistance, wherein a reinforced rubber layer extending from a bead part along a side wall part is installed in the side wall part. A rubber composition forming the reinforced rubber layer has a loss of tangent (tan ?) measured at 60° C. of 0.01 to 0.25, a JIS-A hardness measured at 23° C. of 70 to 95, and a breaking elongation in a tension test measured at 23° C. of 200% or more.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire reducing road noise without deteriorating durability and rolling resistance. In this pneumatic tire, the bead filler includes a triangle portion abutting a bead core and having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape, and a uniform-thickness portion extending from a top of the triangle portion in a radially outward direction of the tire and having a substantially uniform thickness. An upper-end position of the uniform-thickness portion is outward, in a radial direction of the tire, from a position 1.6 times as high as the height of the triangle portion, and is at least 5 mm apart from the belt layers. A thickness of the uniform-thickness portion is thicker than 0.1 mm and thinner than 0.5 times a lower-end width of the triangle portion. The bead filler includes a plurality of rubber layers formed of mutually different rubber compositions.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a pneumatic tire containing 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber and 5 to 120 parts by weight of carbon black having a particle size of 15 to 40 nm, a nitrogen absorption specific surface area N2SA of 60 to 200 m2/g, and a pH of 1 to 5 or 8.5 to 13, which can improve wet performance of a tire without causing problems in productivity and conductivity.

Abstract: A rubber composition containing 100 parts by weight a sulfur-vulcanizable rubber (A) and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a vulcanization agent of a cyclic polysulfide (B) having the formula (I): wherein R is a substituted or uhsubstituted C2 to C20 alkylene group, substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C20 oxyalkylene group or alkylene group having an aromatic ring, n is an integer of 1 to 20, x is a number of 2 to 6 on average.

Abstract: An organically modified layered clay ionically bonded with an organic compound having an ammonium group and an amino group, an organic polymer composition containing the same and an organic polymer capable of reacting with the amino group, and an inner liner using the same.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread including 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber and 5 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific area N2SA (m2/g) of 80 to 150 and satisfying a relationship between a TINT (%) and dibutyl phthalate absorption DBPA (ml/100 g) of TINT (%)>1.4 DBPA (ml/100 g) and capable of increasing the frictional force without impairing the hysteresis loss.

Abstract: A rubber composition containing (A) a sulfur cross-linkable rubber and (B) a conjugated diene-based rubber gel, having a toluene swelling index of 16 to 70, comprising 40 to 75% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units and 60 to 25% by weight of aromatic vinyl monomer units.

Abstract: An organically modified layered clay ionically bonded with an organic compound having an ammonium group and an amino group, an organic polymer composition containing the same and an organic polymer capable of reacting with the amino group, and an inner liner using the same.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread, or a pneumatic tire using the same in a tire tread portion, wherein the tread portion contains a diene rubber; and carbon black and/or silica; and a gas-encapsulated thermoplastic resin and, further, a short fiber, a hard particle and/or a liquid polymer, and wherein the gas-encapsulated thermoplastic resin particle is obtained by expanding, upon heating. at a temperature of an expansion starting temperature thereof or more, prior to vulcanization of a rubber, a thermally expansible thermoplastic resin particle, which comprises a thermoplastic resin having an expansion starting temperature of from 70° C. to less than 120° C. and having a heat resistance to withstand vulcanization of rubber, followed by vulcanization to uniformly disperse the gas-encapsulated thermoplastic resin in the rubber, or a short fiber, a hard particle and/or a liquid polymer is further compounded to give a high frictional force on ice.

Abstract: A rubber composition containing (A) a sulfur cross-linkable rubber and (B) a conjugated diene-based rubber gel, having a toluene swelling index of 16 to 70, comprising 40 to 75% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units and 60 to 25% by weight of aromatic vinyl monomer units.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for an automobile having a tread portion in a two-layered structure of a cap tread layer and an under tread layer, in which the under tread layer is constituted by a center region defined by a range of 30 through 70% of a width of a first belt layer and up to 0.5 through 2.0 mm in a tire diameter direction from a second belt layer and a shoulder region extended from both end portions of the first belt layer continuously from the center region to an outer side by 30 mm at maximum on one side and having a thickness of 1.0 through 5.

Abstract: 1. A rubber composition for a tire tread containing: (i) 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber, and (ii) 1 to 20 parts by weight of an elastic gas-encapsulated thermoplastic resin hollow particle having a particle size of 5-300 .mu.m, which is obtained by expanding, upon heating during vulcanization, a thermally expansible thermoplastic resin containing an encapsulated liquid or solid substance capable of generating a gas by vaporization, decomposition or chemical reaction upon heating to form the hollow-type expanded particle and, optionally containing (iii) 1 to 20 parts by weight of a short fiber or (iv) 1 to 20 parts by weight of a hard particle.