Rubber composition for tire and tire containing same
A rubber composition for a tire is obtained by blending from 80 to 100 parts by mass of an inorganic filler and from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of an alkylsilane having an alkyl group with from 3 to 20 carbons in 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber including from 20 to 45% by mass of a natural rubber, from 20 to 45% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber, and from 20 to 45% by mass of a butadiene rubber that add up to a total of 100% by mass, in which rubber hardness at 23° C. is 68 or more.
1 . A rubber composition for a tire, obtained by blending a reinforcing filler comprising silica and carbon black, from not less than 0.5 to less than 5.0 parts by mass of an alkylsilane having an alkyl group with from 7 to 20 carbons in 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber including from 20 to 45% by mass of a natural rubber, from 20 to 45% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber, and from 20 to 45% by mass of a butadiene rubber that add up to a total of 100% by mass and a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent in an amount of from 4% to 16% by mass of the silica, a rubber hardness of the rubber composition at 23° C. being 68 or more, and the natural rubber being an unmodified natural rubber; wherein
a total oil content in the rubber composition is less than a content of the natural rubber,
a blended amount (Ms) of the silica is from 82 to 95 parts by mass with respect to the 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, and
a ratio by mass (Ms/Mc) of the blended amount (Ms) of the silica to a blended amount (Mc) of the carbon black is from 7.5 to 19, and
a total (Ms+Mc) of the blended amount (Ms) of the silica and the blended amount (Mc) of the carbon black is from 86 to 100 parts by mass with respect to the 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.
2 . The rubber composition for a tire according to claim 1 , wherein a storage elastic modulus E′ of the rubber composition at −10° C. is 45 MPa or less.
3 . The rubber composition for a tire according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing filler is blended at from 86 parts by mass or more to 95 parts by mass or less.
4 . The rubber composition for a tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition is obtained by blending from not less than 0.5 to not more than 4.0 parts by mass of the alkylsilane having the alkyl group.
5 . A tire comprising a tread portion formed from the rubber composition for a tire described in claim 1 , the tread portion being provided with four main grooves comprising a pair of inner main grooves and a pair of outer main grooves that extend in the tire circumferential direction, the main grooves defining a center land portion, a pair of intermediate land portions located outward of the center land portion, and a pair of shoulder land portions located outward of the intermediate land portions,
wherein the center land portion, the intermediate land portions, and the shoulder land portions are each provided with a plurality of sipes arranged at intervals in the tire circumferential direction, the sipes in the center land portion have a widened portion formed with a large groove width at one end, the sipes in the shoulder land portions extend from an outer side of a ground contact end in a tire width direction toward the outer main groove, and an orientation of the sipes in the center land portion and the shoulder land portions with respect to the tire circumferential direction is opposite to orientation of the sipes in the intermediate land portions.