IP Library Granted Patent US 12,496,852
Granted Patent B2
US 12,496,852 · App. 16/560,940 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Laminate for tires

Inventor: Hirokazu Shibata (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C1/0008B60C5/14C08L7/00C08L9/00
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Patent No.
US 12,496,852
App. No.
16/560,940
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminate for tires is a laminate of a layer of a rubber composition and a film comprising a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition; upon dynamic distortion of the film being 0.1%, a storage elastic modulus at 70° C. being 30 MPa or greater, and a thickness of the film being 60 μm or greater; upon dynamic distortion of the rubber composition being 0.1%, a storage elastic modulus at −20° C. being less than 400 MPa and a storage elastic modulus at 70° C. being 8.5 MPa or greater, and a thickness of the rubber composition being 150 μm or greater; and a peel strength between the film and the rubber composition determined by 180° peel test being 30 N/inch or greater.

Claims (27)

1 . A laminate for tires, the laminate being a laminate of a layer of a rubber composition and a film comprising a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition;

a thickness of the film being from 60 μm to 180 μm and the film having a storage elastic modulus at 70° C. being 30 MPa or greater upon dynamic distortion of the film being 0.1%;

a thickness of the layer being from 150 μm to 1000 μm and the layer having a storage elastic modulus at −20° C. being less than 400 MPa and a storage elastic modulus at 70° C. being 8.5 MPa or greater upon dynamic distortion of the rubber composition being 0.1%; and

a peel strength between the film and the layer determined by 180° peel test being 30 N/inch or greater.

2 . The laminate for tires according to claim 1 , wherein

the rubber composition contains: a condensation product of formaldehyde and a compound represented by Formula (1):

wherein, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 represent hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbons; and

a methylene donor;

a compounded amount of the condensation product is from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of a rubber component;

a compounded amount of the methylene donor is from 0.25 to 200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component;

a ratio of the compounded amount of the methylene donor to the compounded amount of the condensation product is from 0.5 to 10.

3 . The laminate for tires according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition contains from 30 to 80 parts by weight of a filler per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component; and the filler is carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 40 m 2 /g or greater.

4 . The laminate for tires according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition contains from 10 to 100 parts by weight of butadiene rubber per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component.

5 . The laminate for tires according to claim 1 , wherein the film has the storage elastic modulus at 70° C. being 30 MPa or greater and 400 MPa or less upon dynamic distortion of the film of 0.1%.

6 . The laminate for tires according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition contains from 30 to 100 parts by weight of butadiene rubber per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component.

7 . A laminate for tires, the laminate being a laminate of a layer of a rubber composition and a film comprising a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition; the rubber composition containing a condensation product of formaldehyde and a compound represented by Formula (1):

wherein, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 represent hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbons;

a methylene donor; and

a filler;

a compounded amount of the condensation product being from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component;

a compounded amount of the methylene donor being from 0.25 to 200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component;

a ratio of the compounded amount of the methylene donor to the compounded amount of the condensation product being from 0.5 to 10;

a compounded amount of the filler being from 30 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component; and

the filler being carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 40 m 2 /g or greater.

8 . The laminate for tires according to claim 7 , wherein the rubber composition contains from 10 to 100 parts by weight of butadiene rubber per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component.

9 . The laminate for tires according to claim 7 , wherein the film has a storage elastic modulus at 70° C. being 30 MPa or greater and 400 MPa or less upon dynamic distortion of the film of 0.1%.

10 . The laminate for tires according to claim 7 , wherein the rubber composition contains from 30 to 100 parts by weight of butadiene rubber per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component.

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 Mar 4, 2020
From: SHIBATA, HIROKAZU
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052012/0010 →