IP Library Granted Patent US 8,759,439
Granted Patent B2
US 8,759,439 · App. 13/698,648 · Granted Jun 24, 2014

Tire tread rubber composition

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Patent No.
US 8,759,439
App. No.
13/698,648
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tire tread rubber composition includes: diene rubber containing three kinds of rubber (E-SBR, modified S-SBR, and natural rubber (NR)) in a total amount of 80% by weight or more; and a filler in an amount of 100 to 140 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, the filler containing 70% by weight or more of silica, wherein the diene rubber contains 10 to 25% by weight of the natural rubber, the weight ratio of the three kinds of rubber (E-SBR:modified S-SBR:NR) is 1 to 2:2.5 to 4:1, the styrene content of the E-SBR and the modified S-SBR is 35 to 40% by weight, and the difference between the glass transition temperature of the E-SBR and the glass transition temperature of the modified S-SBR is 10° C. or lower.

Claims (14)

1. A tire tread rubber composition comprising:

a filler in an amount of 100 to 140 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of diene rubber, wherein the filler contains 70% by weight or more of silica, and the diene rubber contains 80% or more of (1) emulsion-polymerized styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR), (2) terminal-modified solution-polymerized styrene butadiene rubber (modified S-SBR), and (3) natural rubber (NR),

the diene rubber contains 10 to 25% by weight of the natural rubber,

a weight ratio of E-SBR:modified S-SBR:NR is 1 to 2:2.5 to 4:1,

the styrene content of each of the E-SBR and the modified S-SBR is 35 to 40% by weight, and

a difference between the glass transition temperature of the E-SBR and that of the modified S-SBR is less than 10° C.

2. The tire tread rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein a functional group of the terminal-modified solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber is at least one kind selected from a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group, an epoxy group, a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, and an amino group.

3. The tire tread rubber composition according to claim 2 , comprising a terpene resin having a softening point of 100° C. or higher in an amount of 5 to 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber.

4. The tire tread rubber composition according to claim 1 , comprising a terpene resin having a softening point of 100° C. or higher in an amount of 5 to 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber.

5. The tire tread rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein the filler contains 85% by weight or more of silica.

6. A pneumatic tire made of the tire tread rubber composition according to claim 1 .

7. A pneumatic tire made of the tire tread rubber composition according to claim 2 .

8. A pneumatic tire made of the tire tread rubber composition according to claim 4 .

9. A pneumatic tire made of the tire tread rubber composition according to claim 3 .

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 Nov 17, 2012
From: HIROSE, YOSHIO
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029317/0203 →