IP Library Granted Patent US 9,060,566
Granted Patent B2
US 9,060,566 · App. 14/367,552 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

Shoe sole comprising a rubber composition based on nitrile-butadiene rubber, an oil and a resin

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Patent No.
US 9,060,566
App. No.
14/367,552
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Shoe soles comprising a rubber composition comprising at least: 60 to 100 phr of a nitrile-butadiene rubber; between 10 and 50 phr of a reinforcing filler; a plasticizing system comprising: a hydrocarbon-based resin having a Tg of greater than 20° C.; a plasticizer that is liquid at 20° C., the Tg of which is less than −20° C.; a crosslinking system, such that the elastomer composition based on a nitrile-butadiene rubber and a mixture of two plasticizers, one liquid plasticizer and one resin, makes it possible to obtain shoe soles having a good grip on various floors, while retaining a good wear resistance and a low hydrocarbon absorption.

Claims (22)

1. A shoe sole comprising a rubber composition comprising at least:

60 to 100 phr of a nitrile-butadiene rubber;

between 10 and 50 phr of a reinforcing filler;

a plasticizing system comprising:

a hydrocarbon-based resin having a Tg of greater than 20° C.;

a plasticizer that is liquid at 20° C., the Tg of which is less than −20° C.;

a crosslinking system.

2. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the nitrile-butadiene rubber is a butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer (NBR).

3. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the plasticizing system comprises a content A of between 4 and 30 phr of the hydrocarbon-based resin having a Tg of greater than 20° C.

4. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the plasticizing system comprises a content B of between 4 and 30 phr of the plasticizer that is liquid at 20° C., the Tg of which is less than −20° C.

5. The shoe sole according to claim 4 , wherein the content A+B is between 8 and 40 phr.

6. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon-based resin is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene homopolymer or copolymer resins, dicyclopentadiene homopolymer or copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C 5 fraction homopolymer or copolymer resins, C 9 fraction homopolymer or copolymer resins, α-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins and mixtures of these resins.

7. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid plasticizer is selected from the group consisting of liquid diene polymers, polyolefin oils, paraffinic oils, DAE oils, MES oils, TDAE oils, RAE oils, TRAE oils, SRAE oils, mineral oils, vegetable oils, ether plasticizers, ester plasticizers, phosphate plasticizers, sulphonate plasticizers and mixtures of these compounds.

8. The shoe sole according to claim 7 , wherein the liquid plasticizer is selected from the group consisting of MES oils, TDAE oils, vegetable oils and mixtures of these oils.

9. The shoe sole according to claim 8 , wherein the liquid plasticizer is a vegetable oil.

10. The shoe sole according to claim 9 , wherein the liquid plasticizer is a sunflower oil.

11. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition further comprises a second diene elastomer other than the nitrile-butadiene rubber.

12. The shoe sole according to claim 11 , wherein the rubber composition comprises at most 20 phr of the second diene elastomer.

13. The shoe sole according to claim 11 , wherein the second diene elastomer is selected from the group consisting of polybutadienes (BRs), synthetic polyisoprenes (IRs), natural rubber (NR), butadiene copolymers, isoprene copolymers and blends of these elastomers.

14. The shoe sole according to claim 13 , wherein the second diene elastomer is selected from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR), polybutadienes, and blends of these elastomers.

15. The shoe sole according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing filler comprises carbon black, silica, or a mixture of carbon black and silica.

16. The shoe sole according to claim 15 , wherein the content of reinforcing filler is between 10 and 40 phr.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2020
From: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
Reel/Frame 052863/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: RAPO-BRUNET, SOFIA
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN; MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
Reel/Frame 033978/0780 →