IP Library Granted Patent US 7,652,096
Granted Patent B2
US 7,652,096 · App. 10/495,485 · Granted Jan 26, 2010

Rubber composition for tire tread

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Patent No.
US 7,652,096
App. No.
10/495,485
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Kind
B2
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 N 2 SA (m 2 /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.

Claims (6)

1. A rubber composition for a tire tread comprising (i) 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber having an average glass transition temperature Tg of −50° C. to −10° C. and wherein said diene-based rubber is at least one member selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber (SBR) and (ii) 5 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific area N 2 SA (m 2 /g) of 80 to 150 and a dibutyl phthalate absorption DBPA in the range of 30 to 80 (ml/100 g) and satisfying a relationship between a tinting strength TINT (%) and a dibutyl phthalate absorption DPBA (ml/100 g) of TINT %>1.5 DPBA (ml/100 g) and (iii) 0 to 145 parts by weight of any other optional filler.

2. A pneumatic tire using a rubber composition according to claim 1 for a tire tread.

3. A rubber composition for a tire tread, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the DBPA is in the range of 40 to 78 ml/100 g.

4. A rubber composition for a tire tread, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the average glass transition temperature Tg of said diene-based rubber is in the range of −45° C. to −20° C.

5. A rubber composition for a tire tread, as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the DBPA is in the range of 40 to 78 ml/100 g.

6. A rubber composition for a tire tread, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the diene-based rubber is styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber (SBR).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2004
From: AMINO, NAOYA; INOUE, YOSHIHISA
To: YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD., THE
Reel/Frame 015837/0484 →