IP Library Granted Patent US 8,148,448
Granted Patent B2
US 8,148,448 · App. 12/819,733 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Tire puncture sealant

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Patent No.
US 8,148,448
App. No.
12/819,733
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tire puncture sealant having both excellent sealing performance and excellent storage performance, specifically a tire puncture sealant containing a natural rubber latex (A) and a VEVA copolymer resin emulsion (B), wherein the solid content mass of the natural rubber latex (A)/solid content mass of the VEVA copolymer resin emulsion (B) is between 80/20 and 15/85.

Claims (28)

1. A tire puncture sealant comprising:

a natural rubber latex (A) and

a copolymer resin emulsion of an ester of versatic acid and vinyl alcohol (hereinafter called “VEOVA”) (B),

wherein the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B) is an ethylene-vinyl acetate-VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion, and

wherein a ratio of a solid content mass of the natural rubber latex (A)/a solid content mass of the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B) is in a range from 80/20 to 15/85.

2. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , wherein a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B) is from 20.0 to 40.0 mass% of a total mass of the tire puncture sealant.

3. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , further comprising a surfactant, wherein a content of the surfactant is from 1.0 to 6.0 mass% of the solid content mass of the natural rubber latex (A).

4. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 3 , wherein the surfactant comprises a non-ionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, and a ratio of a comprised mass of the non-ionic surfactant/a comprised mass content of the anionic surfactant is in a range from 1.0/1.0 to 1.0/5.0.

5. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 4 , wherein the non-ionic surfactant is a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and the anionic surfactant is sodium lauryl sulfate.

6. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , further comprising from 80 to 180 parts by mass of an antifreezing agent per 100 parts by mass of a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B).

7. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 6 , wherein an antifreezing component of the antifreezing agent is selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, di(ethylene glycol) and mixtures thereof.

8. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 2 , further comprising a surfactant, wherein a content of the surfactant is from 1.0 to 6.0 mass % of the solid content mass of the natural rubber latex (A).

9. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 2 , further comprising from 80 to 180 parts by mass of an antifreezing agent per 100 parts by mass of a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B).

10. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , further comprising from 80 to 180 parts by mass of an antifreezing agent per 100 parts by mass of a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B).

11. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 3 , further comprising from 80 to 180 parts by mass of an antifreezing agent per 100 parts by mass of a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B).

12. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 4 , further comprising from 80 to 180 parts by mass of an antifreezing agent per 100 parts by mass of a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B).

13. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 5 , further comprising from 80 to 180 parts by mass of an antifreezing agent per 100 parts by mass of a total solid content of the natural rubber latex (A) and the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B).

14. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , further comprising an amount of gel produced in the natural rubber latex of less than 2 mass %.

15. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , further comprising an amount of gel produced in the natural rubber latex of less than 1 mass %.

16. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 1 , further comprising an amount of gel produced in the natural rubber latex of less than .5 mass %.

17. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 3 , wherein the surfactant comprises a non-ionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, and a ratio of a comprised mass of the non-ionic surfactant/a comprised mass content of the anionic surfactant is in a range from 1.0/1.0 to 1.0/3.0.

18. A tire puncture sealant comprising:

a natural rubber latex (A),

an amount of gel produced in the natural rubber latex of less than 2 mass %, and

a copolymer resin emulsion of an ester of versatic acid and vinyl alcohol (hereinafter called “VEOVA”) (B),

wherein a ratio of a solid content mass of the natural rubber latex (A)/a solid content mass of the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B) is in a range from 80/20 to 15/85.

19. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 18 , wherein the VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion (B) is an ethylene-vinyl acetate-VEOVA copolymer resin emulsion.

20. The tire puncture sealant according to claim 18 , wherein the amount of gel produced in the natural rubber latex is less .5 mass %.

Assignments (3)
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 Jul 16, 2010
From: TAKAHARA, HIDEYUKI; OKAMATSU, TAKAHIRO
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 024695/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2010
From: TAKAHARA, HIDEYUKI; OKAMATSU, TAKAHIRO
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 024568/0082 →