IP Library Granted Patent US 10,272,721
Granted Patent B2
US 10,272,721 · App. 14/413,675 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Pneumatic tire including inner liner

Inventors: Takeo Nakazono (Kobe, JP); Mutsuki Sugimoto (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,272,721
App. No.
14/413,675
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pneumatic tire including an inner liner made of a polymer sheet is provided, and the polymer sheet is made of a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polymer component of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer by greater than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 80 mass %, and a rubber component of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, isoprene rubber, and isobutylene-isoprene rubber by greater than or equal to 20 mass % and less than or equal to 95 mass %. The polymer composition includes sulfur by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts with respect to the polymer component by 100 mass parts. The polymer sheet has a thickness T 1 of 0.6 mm<T 1 ≤4.0 mm.

Claims (22)

1. A pneumatic tire for passenger cars comprising an inner liner made of a polymer laminate,

said polymer laminate consisting of a first layer and a second layer,

said first layer being made of a polymer composition, said polymer composition including:

a polymer component of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer by greater than or equal to 10 mass % and less than or equal to 40 mass %, and

a rubber component of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, isoprene rubber, and isobutylene-isoprene rubber by greater than or equal to 60 mass % and less than or equal to 90 mass %,

said polymer composition including sulfur by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts with respect to said polymer component by 100 mass parts,

said second layer including a thermoplastic resin composition, and said thermoplastic resin composition including:

a thermoplastic elastomer, and

sulfur by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts with respect to thermoplastic elastomer by 100 mass parts, and

said polymer laminate having a thickness T 2 of 2.0 mm≤T 2 ≤3.0 mm,

wherein said thermoplastic elastomer is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer, a styrene-isobutylene diblock copolymer, a styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer, a styrene-isoprene/butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer,

a styrene-ethylene/butene-styrene triblock copolymer, a styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene triblock copolymer, a styrene-ethylene/ethylene/propylene-styrene triblock copolymer,

a styrene-butadiene/butylene-styrene triblock copolymer, and epoxy modified thermoplastic elastomers thereof.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer has a styrene unit content of greater than or equal to 10 mass % and less than or equal to 30 mass %.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said styrene-isobutylene diblock copolymer has a straight-chain shape, and has a styrene unit content of greater than or equal to 10 mass % and less than or equal to 35 mass %.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said epoxy modified styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer has a styrene unit content of greater than or equal to 10 mass % and less than or equal to 30 mass %, and an epoxy equivalent of greater than or equal to 50 and less than or equal to 1,000.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said thermoplastic resin composition further includes stearic acid by greater than or equal to 1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts, zinc oxide by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 8 mass parts, an anti-aging agent by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts, and a vulcanization accelerator by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts with respect to said thermoplastic elastomer by 100 mass parts.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said second layer further includes, in addition to said thermoplastic resin composition, a rubber component of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, isoprene rubber, and isobutylene-isoprene rubber, and includes said rubber component by greater than or equal to 20 mass % and less than or equal to 90 mass % with respect to a sum total of said thermoplastic resin composition and said rubber component.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer has a styrene unit content of greater than or equal to 10 mass % and less than or equal to 30 mass %.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein said polymer composition further includes stearic acid by greater than or equal to 1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts, zinc oxide by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 8 mass parts, an anti-aging agent by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts, and a vulcanization accelerator by greater than or equal to 0.1 mass parts and less than or equal to 5 mass parts with respect to said polymer component by 100 mass parts.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a tread of said pneumatic tire is made of a rubber composition including styrene-butadiene rubber by greater than or equal to 50 mass % in the rubber component.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer laminate includes stearic acid, oxidized zinc, sulfur and a vulcanization accelerator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2015
From: NAKAZONO, TAKEO; SUGIMOTO, MUTSUKI
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-171049 · Aug 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150202923A1 · Jul 23, 2015
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