IP Library Granted Patent US 9,109,102
Granted Patent B2
US 9,109,102 · App. 14/112,638 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Rubber composition for use in tire side walls and pneumatic tire using the same

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Patent No.
US 9,109,102
App. No.
14/112,638
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rubber composition for use in tire side walls contains from 30 to 40 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen specific surface area of from 20 to 35 m 2 /g and a DBP oil absorption of from 50 to 95 cm 3 /100 g per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component constituted by from 30 to 70 mass % of a butadiene rubber having a cis-1,4 bond content of at least 97%, a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4) at 100° C. of at least 45, and a ratio (T−cp)/(ML1+4) of the viscosity [cps] of a 5 mass % toluene solution at 25° C. (T−cp) to the Mooney viscosity of at least 2.0, and from 30 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

Claims (18)

1. A tire side wall rubber composition comprising:

from 30 to 40 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen specific surface area of from 20 to 35 m 2 /g and a DBP oil absorption of from 50 to 95 cm 3 /100 g per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising from 30 to 70 mass % butadiene rubber having a cis-1,4 bond content of at least 97%, a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4) at 100° C. of at least 45, and a ratio (T−cp)/(ML1+4) of the viscosity [cps] of a 5 mass % toluene solution at 25° C. (T−cp) to the Mooney viscosity of at least 2.2 and not greater than 2.4, and

from 30 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

2. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber component is constituted by from 30 to 40 mass % butadiene rubber and from 60 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

3. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein from 32 to 38 parts by mass of the carbon black included per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

4. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of the carbon black to the butadiene rubber in the rubber composition is from 40% to 90%.

5. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 4 , wherein the rubber component is constituted by from 30 to 40 mass % butadiene rubber and from 60 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

6. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 4 , wherein from 32 to 38 parts by mass of the carbon black included per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

7. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cis-1,4 bond content is at least 98%.

8. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 7 , wherein the rubber component is constituted by from 30 to 40 mass % butadiene rubber and from 60 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

9. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 7 , wherein from 32 to 38 parts by mass of the carbon black included per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

10. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein the Mooney viscosity (ML1+4) is from 45 to 70.

11. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 10 , wherein the rubber component is constituted by from 30 to 40 mass % butadiene rubber and from 60 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

12. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 10 , wherein from 32 to 38 parts by mass of the carbon black included per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

13. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (T−cp)/(ML1+4) is at least 2.3 and not greater than 2.4.

14. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 13 , wherein the rubber component is constituted by from 30 to 40 mass % butadiene rubber and from 60 to 70 mass % of another diene-based rubber.

15. The tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 14 , wherein from 32 to 38 parts by mass of the carbon black is included per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

16. A pneumatic tire having side walls comprising the tire side wall rubber composition according to claim 15 .

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 Oct 18, 2013
From: WADA, TOMOYUKI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031433/0419 →