Breaker Or Belt Characterized By The Chemical Composition Or Physical Properties Of Elastomer Or The Like Patents (Class 152/537)
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Patent number: 12240271Abstract: A tire comprises an outer strip (2) having a tread (21). The outer strip (2) has a central part and two axially outer parts and comprises at least two rubber compounds (M1, M2) making up at least 90% of the volume of the outer strip (2). The first compound (M1) is radially on the outside of the second compound (M2), which makes up at least 60% of the axially outer parts and being disposed in a layer that is substantially continuous from one axially outer part to the other, said layer having a minimum thickness at least equal to 0.3 mm. The compound M1 has a modulus G* that is greater than 1.35 times and less than 3 times that of the compound M2. The compound M1 has a dynamic loss at 0° C. greater than 0.5 and the compound M2 has a dynamic loss at 23° C. less than 0.3.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Miguel Fernandez, Karine Longchambon, Regis Schach, Philippe Labrunie, Alexandre Tobie
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Patent number: 12240272Abstract: A tire comprises an outer strip (2) having a tread (21). The outer strip (2) has a central part and two axially outer parts and comprises at least two rubber compounds (M1, M2) making up at least 90% of the volume of the outer strip (2). The first compound (M1) is radially outside of the second compound (M2), which makes up at least 60% of the axially outer parts and being disposed in a layer that is substantially continuous from one axially outer part to the other, said layer having a minimum thickness at least equal to 0.3 mm. The compound M1 has a modulus G* that is greater than 1.35 times and less than 3 times that of the compound M2. The compound M1 has a dynamic loss at 0° C. greater than 0.5 and the compound M2 has a dynamic loss at 23° C. less than 0.3.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Miguel Fernandez, Regis Schach, Philippe Labrunie, Karine Longchambon, Alexandre Tobie
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Patent number: 11993101Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire in radial design that is a summer tire or all-season tire, with a profiled tread comprising rows of profile blocks and/or profile ribs running around the tire in circumferential direction, wherein the total number of sipes within each row of profile blocks and/or profile ribs is not more than 150, wherein the tread is in the form of a single layer or multiple layers with a radially outermost tread layer that extends at least over the width of the ground contact area, and wherein the profile depth of the tread is up to 6.5 mm. The tread or its radially outermost tread layer consists of a rubber material with a Shore A hardness at room temperature in accordance with DIN ISO 7619-1 of 40 ShA to 55 ShA.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Christian Weber, Norbert Müller, Pedro-Nuno Rodrigues
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Patent number: 11518194Abstract: A tire, the tread of which has an underlayer and a circumferential reinforcement made up of a rubber mixture with a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the rubber mixture and the underlayer, has an outer side and an inner side. The circumferential reinforcement has a reinforcing element of tapered shape positioned in the tread pattern elements disposed axially on the outside with respect to the first or the second circumferential grooves of the tread from the outside to the inside and axially close to the circumferential groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Frédéric Perrin, Patrick Pallot, Sylvain Morival, Christopher Careme
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Patent number: 11383557Abstract: A tire 2 includes: a tread 4 forming a tread surface 20; a band 14 disposed inward of the tread 4 in a radial direction; and a belt 12 disposed between the tread 4 and the band 14 in the radial direction. The tread 4 includes a center region 22 disposed at a center in an axial direction, and a shoulder region 24 disposed on an outer side in the axial direction. The band 14 includes a band cord. The band cord is helically wound and extends in a circumferential direction. The belt 12 includes a belt cord. The belt cord extends so as to be tilted relative to an equator plane. An absolute value of an angle of the belt cord relative to the equator plane is not less than 70° and not greater than 90°.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Shohei Shibamoto
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Patent number: 11104180Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a belt layer and a carcass layer. A rubber composition for belts, constituting the belt layer, contains, per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber containing a natural rubber, from 0.3 to 1.5 parts by mass of cobalt borate neodecanoate and from 4.5 to 7.0 parts by mass of sulfur. The dynamic storage modulus at 20° C. of the rubber composition for belts is from 13 to 18 MPa, and a ratio of a 100% tensile stress of the rubber composition for belts to a 100% tensile stress of a rubber composition for carcasses, constituting the carcass layer is from 1.5 to 2.5.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: Katsunori Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Nomaguchi
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Patent number: 10975231Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for rubber-coating reinforcements in elastomer products, especially in vehicle tires, or inner components of vehicle tires, as well as to a vehicle tire. The rubber mixture comprises a diene rubber, an adhesive system, 10 to 200 phr silica, and 2 to 20 phr of a silane of the formula [(R1)3Si—X]mSn(R2)2-m, where residues R1 are identical or different alkoxy groups, cyclic dialkoxy groups, cycloalkoxy groups, phenoxy groups, aryl groups, alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, aralkyl groups, or halides, and where X is a polar organic group containing urea, m represents the value 1 or 2, n is an integer between 1 and 8, and R2 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Cornelia Schmaunz-Hirsch, Julia Schoeffel, Carla Recker, Kirsten Schwekendiek, Thomas Kramer, Katharina Herzog
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Patent number: 10328749Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel tire cord fabric or strip made of alternating PET and nylon 6.6 warp cords which is used as tire reinforcement. Such a novel tire cord fabric or strips improve high speed durability, tread separation resistance and impact resistance when used as zero degree spirally wound cap ply in pneumatic radial tires.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: KORDSA TEKNIK TEKSTIL ANONIM SIRKETIInventor: Mehmet Sadettin Fidan
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Patent number: 10214058Abstract: A run flat tire having a side wall part reinforced by a side reinforcing rubber part is disclosed. The side reinforcing rubber part is formed from a rubber composition having a ratio (M50H/M50N) of tensile stress (M50H) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 100° C. to tensile stress (M50N) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 23° C. of from 1.0 to 1.3.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Akie Hiraiwa
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Patent number: 9931896Abstract: A run flat tire having a side reinforcing rubber part is disclosed. The side reinforcing rubber part is formed by a rubber composition having a ratio (M50H/M50N) of tensile stress (M50H) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 100° C. to tensile stress (M50N) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 23° C. of from 1.0 to 1.3. A ratio (M50H/M50F) of tensile stress (M50H) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 100° C. of the rubber composition forming the side reinforcing rubber part to tensile stress (M50F) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 100° C. of a rubber composition forming a bead filler is from 0.5 to 1.3.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUNNER CO., LTD.Inventor: Sho Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20150136298Abstract: A multilayer laminate, which is usable as a reinforcing element for a finished article or for a semifinished product made of rubber, such as a tyre, includes at least one polymer film having, in any tensile direction in the film's plane, a Young's modulus that is greater than 500 MPa. The film is positioned between and in contact with two layers formed of a rubber composition, such as natural rubber. Each layer formed of the rubber composition exhibits, in a crosslinked state, a secant modulus that, in extension at 10% elongation, is greater than 30 MPa, with between 30 and 150 MPa being preferable for the secant modulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Jean-Michel Huyghe, Christophe Le Clerc, Aline Riou, Anne-Lise Thuilliez
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Patent number: 9023928Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition that improves in terms of the fuel economy of a rubber composition containing an isoprene-based rubber and also offers favorable durability and favorable processability or adhesion to steel cords, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a bead apex, sidewall packing, base tread, or breaker cushion, including: a specific rubber component; a specific amount of a specific carbon black; a specific amount of sulfur; and a specific amount of a compound represented by formula (I) below. The present invention also relates to a rubber composition for a steel cord topping, strip adjacent to steel cords, or tie gum, including: a specific rubber component; a specific amount of a specific carbon black; a specific amount of an organic acid cobalt salt; and a specific amount of a compound represented by the formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Miyazaki, Masanobu Nakamura
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Publication number: 20150114539Abstract: A tire includes a circular tire frame body formed of a resin-containing material. The resin material has a sea-island structure including a sea phase constituted by a first resin material and an island phase constituted by a second resin material, and the island phase is harder than the sea phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Fudemoto, Takashi Harada, Tong Gao, Atsuko Honjo
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Publication number: 20150101728Abstract: A tire including a circular tire frame formed of a material containing a resin, the material including a sea/island structure including a sea phase constituted by a first resin material and an island phase constituted by a second resin material that is softer than the sea phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Fudemoto, Takashi Harada, Tong Gao, Atsuko Honjo
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Patent number: 9004121Abstract: Tire including a continuous pressure membrane. The tire includes a carcass, a rubber layer surrounding the carcass, and a belt. The carcass includes at least one continuous pressure membrane defining a generally U-shaped cross section. The pressure membrane includes a crown portion, a first sidewall portion, and a second sidewall portion connected with the first sidewall portion by the crown portion. The belt may be composed of at least one additional continuous pressure membrane adjacent the crown portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Anthony John Scarpitti, Gary Robert Burg
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Patent number: 8991458Abstract: A pneumatic tire including: a cylindrical annular structure; a rubber layer, which will become a tread portion, provided along a circumferential direction of the annular structure on an outer side of the annular structure; a carcass portion provided on at least both sides in a width direction of the cylindrical structure including the annular structure and the rubber layer; and an extending portion that extends from both sides in the width direction of the annular structure farther outward in the width direction than a ground contact edge on the outer side in the width direction of the tread portion, and that is provided in plurality on both sides in the width direction along the circumferential direction of the annular structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Tanno, Noboru Takada, Yuji Sato, Jun Matsuda, Yuji Kodama, Susumu Imamiya
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Publication number: 20150068656Abstract: A crown reinforcement of a tyre includes at least one crown triangulation belt having a given width value (R). The belt essentially includes elementary widths each having a given width value (B). Each of the elementary widths has a flattened cross section and forms an angle (?) with a circumferential direction of the tyre, the angle (?) being between 10° and 80°. Adjacent elementary widths, which are positioned directly next to each other, are separated by a groove of a given width value (j) and are connected to each other by one or more weak bridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Henri Hinc, Christian Beaudonnet, Francis Aubarede
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Patent number: 8960252Abstract: A passenger vehicle tire, the crown reinforcement of which has three distinct elements, the three distinct elements comprising: a radial carcass reinforcement formed of reinforcing elements connecting the two beads of the tire, a crown belt comprising reinforcing elements parallel to the circumferential direction of the tire, and a crown triangulation layer comprising reinforcing elements making an angle of between 10 degrees and 80 degrees with the circumferential direction of the tire, the reinforcing elements of the triangulation layer having a flattened cross section.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventor: Michel Deal
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Patent number: 8936056Abstract: Heavy vehicle tire treads and/or undertread constituted at least in part from a rubber composition comprising between 80 and 100 phr of a natural rubber and between 0 and 20 phr of a synthetic polyisoprene rubber, a reinforcement filler comprising a) between 30 and 50 phr of a highly dispersible silica and b) a carbon black in an amount of between (0.75)C phr and (1.25)C phr as determined by the equation C=?0.8Si+44.3, wherein Si is the amount of the highly dispersible silica, a silane coupling agent and a sulfur curing system comprising between 1.5 and 3 phr of free sulfur and between (0.9)A phr and (L 1)A phr of a sulfenamide accelerator, wherein A is determined by a formula that is a function of the sulfur quantity and the silica weight fraction of the total reinforcement filler.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Jesse J. Arnold, John Calloway Moreland
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Publication number: 20140343216Abstract: A tire includes an internal layer, having improved airtightness. The layer includes at least one rubber composition, which includes: at least one or more diene elastomers at a total content of 1 to 99 phr, one or more thermoplastic elastomers having a polyisobutylene block at a total content of 1 to 99 phr, optionally a reinforcing filler at a content of 0 to 120 phr, and a crosslinking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Emmanuel Custodero, Marc Greiveldinger, Cyrille Guery
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Patent number: 8869856Abstract: A pneumatic tire capable of reducing rolling resistance and discharging static electricity generated during running, wherein each of a tread rubber, a breaker rubber, and a sidewall rubber formed on the tread part, the breaker part, and the sidewall part, respectively, has a volume specific resistivity of 1×108 ?·cm or more, the pneumatic tire further including a conduction rubber embedded in the tread part so as to be at least partially exposed to a surface of the tread part, bead part rubber disposed at a region contacting a rim flange of the bead part, and electroconductive rubber electrically connecting the conduction rubber to the beat part rubber, wherein each of the conduction rubber, the bead part rubber, and the electroconductive rubber has a volume specific resistivity of less than 108 ?·cm.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kunisawa, Keiichi Nakadera, Toru Iizuka, Takao Wada, Shinichi Miyazaki, Toshiro Matsuo
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Publication number: 20140311647Abstract: Provided is heavy load pneumatic radial tire capable of providing excellent durability by effectively preventing progression of fracture to low heat generation-type base rubber that contributes to improve high-speed durability. Heavy load pneumatic radial tire according to the present invention includes: tread rubber 6 having laminated structure of cap rubber 5 and base rubber 4; and four or more belt layers 3a-3e disposed radially inward of tread rubber 6. A radially outer side of a width direction side edge of at least one of radially outermost belt layer 3e and widest-width belt layer 3c is covered by reinforcing rubber layer 7 that terminates on a radially inner side of tread rubber 6 without reaching tire equatorial plane E. Relative relation between reinforcing rubber constituting reinforcing rubber layer 7 and base rubber 4 in terms of modulus of rebound elasticity satisfies the condition: reinforcing rubber<base rubber 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki Matsumura
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Patent number: 8833417Abstract: Rubber composition, especially for a tire, based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and an antioxidant system, wherein said antioxidant system comprises at least two antioxidants “A” and “B”: A. an N-alkyl-N?-phenyl-para-phenylenediamine corresponding to the formula (I): B. a 4,4?,4?-tris(alkylamino)triphenylamine corresponding to the formula (II): in which formulae, R1, R2, R3 and R4, which are identical or different, each represent a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms, the A/B weight ratio being between 0.1 and 5.0.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Techniques S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: José Carlos Araujo Da Silva, Arnaud Remy
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Patent number: 8800624Abstract: A belt width of an intersecting belt 15a having the maximum belt width is set to 80% or more of the maximum width of a carcass line; a difference in belt widths between the intersecting belt 15a and an intersecting belt 15b is set in the range of 10 mm to 50 mm on one side of the belt in the width direction; the intersecting belt 15a is not narrower than the circumferential belt 14, and the circumferential belt 14 is not narrower than the intersecting belt 15b; and a pneumatic tire according to the present invention has an interposed rubber 16 having a thickness increasing toward the widthwise outer side of the tire to be 3 mm or more, and a side-lower rubber 17 having an elastic modulus less than the elastic modulus of a coating rubber coating the circumferential belt 14.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Nakata, Hideaki Minowa
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Patent number: 8796378Abstract: An elastomer composition comprising a butyl-based rubber (A), as a dispersed phase, including (i) a brominated isobutylene and p-methylstyrene copolymer rubber or (ii) a blend of a butyl rubber, halogenated butyl rubber and/or polyisobutylene rubber and a brominated isobutylene and p-methylstyrene copolymer rubber and a Nylon resin (B), as a matrix phase, selected from Nylon 11, Nylon 6/66 copolymer, Nylon 6 and/or Nylon 66, wherein the matrix phase of the butyl-based rubber/Nylon resin blend composition having titanium oxide (C) compounded therein in an amount of 2.5 to 8% by weight, based upon the weight of the Nylon resin (B), whereby UV degradation can be suppressed and long term outdoor exposure can be withstood and a pneumatic tire using the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuichi Hara
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Publication number: 20140174625Abstract: A tire having a modified geodesic belt is described. The ideal geodesic belt path is modified to select the centerline belt angle and to avoid excessive build up of the belt at the belt edges. The method includes the step of calculating the minimum three dimensional distance from one belt edge to the other belt edge preferably using dynamic successive approximation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventors: Kiyoshi Ueyoko, Luis Antonio Cabrera, Loyda Mercedes Yerashunas, John Joseph Slivka, James Michael Hart
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Publication number: 20140124113Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition that improves in terms of the fuel economy of a rubber composition containing an isoprene-based rubber and also offers favorable durability and favorable processability or adhesion to steel cords, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a bead apex, sidewall packing, base tread, or breaker cushion, including: a specific rubber component; a specific amount of a specific carbon black; a specific amount of sulfur; and a specific amount of a compound represented by formula (I) below. The present invention also relates to a rubber composition for a steel cord topping, strip adjacent to steel cords, or tie gum, including: a specific rubber component; a specific amount of a specific carbon black; a specific amount of an organic acid cobalt salt; and a specific amount of a compound represented by the formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya MIYAZAKI, Masanobu NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8689844Abstract: A tire includes two beads configured to come into contact with a mounting rim and two sidewalls extending the beads radially to the outside, the two sidewalls being joined together in a crown. A crown reinforcement extends axially between two axial ends and is surmounted by a tread. The crown includes, radially on the inside of the tread and radially on the outside of a carcass reinforcement, at least one first layer of rubber mix having a modulus of elasticity which is greater than or equal to 50 MPa, this first layer extending from the median plane of the tire axially to the outside, on both sides of the median plane, only as far as an axial distance from the median plane which is less than the axial distance of the axial end of the crown reinforcement from the median plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventor: Bernard Guerinon
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Patent number: 8672010Abstract: In a tire for a heavy load in which a belt is formed by laminating rubber-coated cord layers prepared by embedding steel cords in a coating rubber, an end part of at least one rubber-coated cord layer or an end part of the belt is coated with a rubber composition containing trans-polybutadiene (TRBR) and bismaleimide (BMI) in the following compounding amounts based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing natural rubber and isoprene rubber: 0.1 part by mass?TRBR+BMI?10.0 parts by mass TRBR/(TRBR+BMI)?25% whereby cracks originating from separation between the steel cords at an end part of the belt and the coating rubber are prevented from being generated.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Kenjiro Yanai
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Publication number: 20140020809Abstract: Provided is a tire whose durability is improved by using, as a reinforcing member, a polyester cord having an improved heat resistant adhesive property to rubber. Provided is a tire in which a rubber-cord complex composed of a polyester cord and a rubber is used as a reinforcing member. The polyester cord is formed by twisting polyester filaments, and then subjecting the twisted filaments to an adhesive agent treatment. The polyester filament is made of a polyester fiber which is composed of a polyester having ethylene terephthalate as a main repeating unit and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.85 or higher, wherein the amount of terminal carboxy group in the fiber is 20 equivalent/ton or larger, the long period according to small-angle X-ray diffraction is 9 to 12 nm, and a surface treatment agent having an epoxy group is attached to the surface of the fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Yokokura, Daisuke Ozaki, Shintaro Shimada, Fuyuki Terasaka
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Publication number: 20140020808Abstract: A rubber composition obtained by kneading at least one selected from the group consisting of (A1), (B1), (C1) and (D1), a rubber component and a filler, and a method of improving the viscoelastic property of vulcanized rubber, comprising a first step of kneading at least one selected from the group consisting of (A1), (B1), (C1) and (D1), a rubber component, a filler and a sulfur component and a second step of thermally treating the kneaded material obtained in the previous step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke Watanabe, Orhan Ozturk, Yasuo Uekita
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Patent number: 8616256Abstract: A radial tire for a motorcycle capable of having high road grip performance both when running at a high speed on a dry road surface and when cornering at a high speed, together with the high speed durability, especially a radial tire for a motorcycle with a large displacement to be used for road races, capable of maintaining these performances until the end of the races, is provided. The tilting angles of the cords 13a of said cross-belt 13 are set to 60 degrees or more to the circumferential direction, and a belt protecting layer 15 is disposed outside the spiral-belt 14, the belt protecting layer 15 having cords arranged in the direction tilted at 70 degrees or more to the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Yukihiko Kubo
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Patent number: 8584725Abstract: The invention relates to a cured rubber composition, its preparation and a tire with a component of such rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Bruce Raymond Hahn, Rebecca Lee Dando, Larry Ashley Gordon
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Patent number: 8578989Abstract: A motorcycle tire having a transverse curvature ratio f/C?0.2 and a sidewall height ratio (H?f)/H?0.7, has a belt structure provided with a belt layer including at least one filiform reinforcing element arranged to form a plurality of windings parallel to one another at a substantially zero angle relative to the equatorial plane of the tire. The available elongation of the belt in an intermediate zone between the equatorial plane, and the shoulder is greater than the available elongation corresponding to the equatorial plane. The aforementioned intermediate zone extends at least in a range centered on a camber angle of ±35°.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.Inventors: Mario Mariani, Stefania Masciullo, Pierangelo Misani
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Patent number: 8569431Abstract: A tire having a strip layer between breaker and ply using a rubber composition for a strip layer between breaker and ply capable of improving tensile strength at break and elongation at break, capable of also lessening the lowering rate of fracture property after thermal aging, and also being excellent in separation resistance property is provided. A tire having a strip layer between breaker and ply using a rubber composition for a strip layer between breaker and ply comprising (A) 2.0 to 3.9 parts by mass of sulfur, (B) 0.5 to 4 parts by mass of a cresol resin, a modified cresol resin, resorcinol or a modified resorcinol condensate and (C) 0.3 to 3 parts by mass of a partial condensate of hexamethylolmelaminepentamethylether or a partial condensate of hexamethoxymethylolmelamine, based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber component, wherein the thickness of the strip layer between breaker and ply is 0.3 to 3.9 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuya Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20130248075Abstract: A belt cushion disposed between an tire-axis-direction end of a belt layer and a carcass comprises an outer layer, an interlayer, and an inner layer which are arranged in this order inwardly in the tire-radial-direction from the tire-axis-direction end of the belt layer. The inner layer and outer layer are made of a rubber composition B having complex modulus E*b and loss tangent tan ?b. The interlayer is made of a rubber composition C having complex modulus E*c being substantially the same as the complex modulus E*b and having loss tangent tan ?c being smaller than the loss tangent tan ?b.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20130240106Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one pair of parallel annular beads, at least one carcass ply wrapped around said beads, at least two belts or breakers disposed over said carcass ply in a crown area of said tire, tread disposed over said belts or breakers, and sidewalls disposed between said tread and said beads, and wherein the radially top belt or breaker is reinforced with an organic polymer cord, wherein the organic polymer cord is chemically fused.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventors: Raphael Beck, Anthony Hardy, Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff, Peter Johann Cornelius Maus, Ralf Mruk, Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon
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Publication number: 20130206311Abstract: Provided is a tire having a circular tire frame formed of at least a thermoplastic resin material, in which the tire includes a reinforcing cord member that forms a reinforcing cord layer on an outer circumference of the tire frame, and the thermoplastic resin material contains at least a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Fudemoto, Takashi Harada, Yoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon, Keiichi Hasegawa, Munenori Iizuka, Takayuki Yako
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Patent number: 8505601Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic radial tire including a main belt layer and at least one circumferential-direction reinforcement layer, which are provided in the tread portion. The main belt layer includes two belt layers in which steel cords are disposed in a manner that the steel cords of a first one of the two belt layers intersect the steel cords of a second one of the two belt layers. In the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer, steel cords are disposed in a substantial tire circumferential direction. The ratio Wo/Wm of the width Wo of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer to the maximum width Wm of the main belt layer is 0.5 to 0.9. The ratio Ee/Ec of the reinforcement-cord elastic modulus Ee of the steel cords in the edge portions of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer to the reinforcement-cord elastic modulus Ec of the steel cords in the center portion of the circumferential-direction reinforcement layer is not less than (0.85?0.5 Wo/Wm) and not more than 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinya Harikae
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Patent number: 8499808Abstract: A tire comprising a carcass-type reinforcement structure formed from reinforcing elements anchored on each side of the tire to a bead, the base of which is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, each bead being extended radially outwards by a sidewall, the sidewalls joining, radially outwards, a tread and having, beneath the tread, a crown reinforcement structure consisting of at least two layers of reinforcing elements called working layers, said reinforcing elements of the working layers being of identical nature. In a given circumferential plane, the extensional stiffness per unit width of a first working layer measured along the principal direction of the reinforcing elements of said first layer is strictly higher than the extensional stiffness per unit width of a second working layer measured along the principal direction of the reinforcing elements of said second working layer, the second working layer being radially further away from the carcass structure than said first working layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Francis Bordoz, Yannick Gerbal
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Publication number: 20130180637Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire using a rubber composition which makes it possible to keep rolling resistance low, prevent the accumulation of static electricity during the running of the tire, suppress an increase over time in electrical resistance of the tire, and improve durability. The present invention relates to a rubber composition, including: a rubber component including two or more diene rubber; and carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 400 m2/g or more in an amount of 5 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, wherein the rubber composition has a degree of carbon black dispersion determined by counting agglomerates based on JIS K 6812 “Method for the assessment of the degree of pigment or carbon black dispersion in polyolefin pipes, fittings and compounds” of 90% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Publication number: 20130153109Abstract: A radial tyre for reducing rolling noise includes a tread with a contact part located at a radially outer position to make contact with the road, two inextensible beads, two sidewalls connecting the beads to the tread, a carcass reinforcement, a belt arranged circumferentially between the radially outer part of the tread and the carcass reinforcement, and an inner crown layer located at a radially inner position. A formulation of the inner crown layer is different from a formulation of the contact part of the tread, and includes: 50 to 100 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer) of a copolymer based on styrene and butadiene with a glass transition temperature of greater than ?10° C., a reinforcing filler, and a crosslinking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Nanae Shimanaka, Mitsue Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130153110Abstract: Rubber compositions excellent in durability are disclosed, as well as a pneumatic tire including a band and/or a breaker edge strip formed from the rubber compositions. A rubber composition for a band topping includes, per 100 parts by mass a rubber component containing not less than 50% by mass of an isoprene-based rubber, predetermined amounts of sulfur, a compound such as resorcinol resins, a compound such as partial condensates of hexamethoxymethylol melamine, silica, and a carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 38 to 125 m2/g. A rubber composition for a breaker edge strip includes, per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing not less than 50% by mass of an isoprene-based rubber, predetermined amounts of sulfur, a compound such as resorcinol resins, a compound such as partial condensates of hexamethoxymethylol melamine, and a cobalt salt of an organic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20130153108Abstract: A radial tyre for a motor vehicle includes a crown, two beads, a crown reinforcement, and an inner crown layer. A tread of the crown includes a contact part located at a radially outer position and intended to make contact with a road surface. The inner crown layer is located at a radially inner position and is formed of an elastomeric material having a different formulation from that of the contact part of the tread. The inner crown layer is arranged circumferentially between the contact part of the tread and the crown reinforcement or between the crown reinforcement and a carcass reinforcement, and functions to reduce rolling noises of the tyre. The elastomeric material includes a rubber composition with at least: 50 to 100 phr of a copolymer based on styrene and butadiene with a Tg greater than ?40° C., a reinforcing filler, a hydrocarbon-based plasticizing resin, and a crosslinking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Mitsue Tanaka, Nanae Shimanaka
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Publication number: 20130133805Abstract: A radial tyre for motor vehicle includes: a crown with at least a tread and a crown reinforcement or belt, two inextensible beads, two sidewalls connecting the two inextensible beads to the tread, and a carcass reinforcement passing into the two sidewalls and anchored in the two inextensible beads. The belt is positioned circumferentially between the tread and the carcass reinforcement, and includes textile or metallic reinforcers coated with a rubber composition referred to as a “belt-coating rubber.” The belt-coating rubber, which is capable of reducing the tyre's rolling noise, includes a diene elastomer and more than 50 phr of a filler of high-density particles having a density of greater than 4 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicants: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Salvatore Pagano, Mitsue Tanaka
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Patent number: 8418736Abstract: There are provided a rubber composition for coating a steel cord, containing 100 parts by mass of diene-based rubber; 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a metal salt of an organic acid; and 30 to 100 parts by mass of a filler, wherein the filler contains 3 to 30 parts by mass of glass beads having a particle diameter of 10 to 100 ?m, relative to 100 parts by mass of the diene-based rubber, and a tire reinforcement belt and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition reduces heat generation and improves adhesiveness with a steel cord. A pneumatic tire having a tire reinforcement belt using the rubber composition has excellent steering stability and rolling resistance.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuya Kunisawa
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Publication number: 20130075009Abstract: Provided is an all-steel tire including an insulation which achieves excellent adhesion to cords, sheet processability, fuel economy, and elongation at break, as well as high durability for preventing a separation between carcass cords and rubber, and the like. The present invention relates to an all-steel tire including an insulation produced from a rubber composition which includes: a diene rubber, a wet silica with a BET specific surface area of 70-250 m2/g, a carbon black with a BET specific surface area of 30-90 m2/g, and sulfur, an amount of the wet silica being 7-20 parts by mass, an amount of the carbon black being 30-60 parts by mass, an amount of the sulfur being 3.0-5.6 parts by mass, and an amount of an organic acid cobalt being not more than 0.08 parts by mass in terms of cobalt, all for each 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventor: Tatsuya MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 8397775Abstract: A cushioning rubber composition contains 5 to 20 parts by mass of first carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 50 to 70 mg/g and a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption of 130 to 150 ml/100 g and 15 to 30 parts by mass of second carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 110 to 130 mg/g and a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption of 105 to 120 ml/100 g as well as sulfur and a vulcanization accelerator with respect to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, while the mass ratio of sulfur to the vulcanization accelerator is 1.0 to 2.3.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hirokazu Ishida
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Patent number: 8389610Abstract: A rubber composition is provided for coating a steel wire material having initial adhesion strength and water resistant adhesion strength with respect to a steel wire material at or above conventional levels, the rubber composition being compounded with a compound derived from a natural product. Specifically a rubber composition for coating a steel wire material is compounded with from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of a salt compound per 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber, the salt compound including a dicarboxylic acid derived from a natural product and an amine of a decarboxylated amino acid derived from a natural product.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Matsuda
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Patent number: 8365786Abstract: A tire for a heavy vehicle, with radial carcass reinforcement, having an outside radius R greater than 1000 mm, comprising a crown reinforcement radially interposed between the carcass reinforcement and the tread, said crown reinforcement having at least one protective crown reinforcement radially adjacent to the tread. The tire comprises a complex having at least one layer of polymer mix with an axial width that is less than the width of the working crown reinforcement and with a thickness that is greater than 16 mm, the elastic modulus of said complex having a radial gradient, the lowest elastic modulus being greater than 15 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventor: Pierre Durif