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Granted Patent B2
US 11,731,401 · App. 17/786,340 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Elastomer laminate

Inventors: Jose-Carlos Araujo Da Silva (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Frederic Lemerle (Clermont-Ferrand, FR)
Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
B32B25/042B32B7/04B32B25/12B32B25/16B32B25/18B32B2250/248B32B2264/108B32B2270/00B32B2274/00B32B2307/30B32B2307/732B32B2605/00
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Patent No.
US 11,731,401
App. No.
17/786,340
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elastomeric laminate comprises at least two adjacent cohesive layers, the first layer consisting of a composition based on 10 to 100 phr of a copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene of formula CH 2 ═CR—CH═CH 2 , the ethylene units in the copolymer representing more than 50 mol % of the monomer units of the copolymer, the symbol R representing a hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, from 0 to 90 phr of a diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50%, and a crosslinking system; the second layer consisting of a composition based on a diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% and a crosslinking system. Also disclosed is a tire, in particular a tire provided with a sidewall, comprising this composition.

Claims (19)

1. An elastomeric laminate comprising at least two adjacent layers:

a first layer consisting of a composition based on

10 to 100 phr of a copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene, the 1,3-diene being selected from the group consisting of myrcene and β-farnesene, and the ethylene units in the copolymer representing more than 50 mol % of the monomer units of the copolymer,

from 0 to 90 phr of a diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50%, and

a crosslinking system; and

a second layer consisting of a composition based on a diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% and a crosslinking system.

2. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer of the first layer contains ethylene units which represent between 50 mol % and 95 mol % of the monomer units of the copolymer.

3. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene in the composition of the first layer is within a range extending from 15 to 90 phr.

4. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% is present in the composition of the first layer at a content within a range extending from 10 to 85 phr.

5. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% of the composition of the first layer is selected from the group consisting of polybutadienes (BRs), natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IRs), butadiene copolymers, isoprene copolymers and mixtures thereof.

6. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the composition of the first layer comprises from 20 to 80 phr of reinforcing filler.

7. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% of the composition of the second layer is selected from the group consisting of polybutadienes (BRs), natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IRs), butadiene copolymers, isoprene copolymers and mixtures thereof.

8. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% of the first layer and the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% of the second layer are polyisoprenes.

9. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% of the first layer and the diene elastomer having a content by weight of diene unit of greater than 50% of the second layer are polyisoprenes comprising a content by weight of 1,4-cis bonds of at least 90% of the weight of the polyisoprene.

10. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the composition of the second layer comprises from 20 phr to 80 phr of reinforcing filler.

11. The elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a thickness within a range extending from 0.2 to 120 mm.

12. A tire comprising the elastomeric laminate according to claim 1 .

13. The tire according to claim 12 , wherein the first layer of the elastomeric laminate constitutes a portion or all of the tire tread and the second layer of the laminate constitutes a portion or all of a tread underlayer.

14. The tire according to claim 12 , wherein the first layer of the laminate constitutes a portion or all of at least one sidewall of the tire and the second layer of the laminate constitutes a portion or all of a carcass ply.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2022
From: ARAUJO DA SILVA, JOSE-CARLOS; LEMERLE, FREDERIC
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
Reel/Frame 061342/0485 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1914617 · Dec 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220379586A1 · Dec 1, 2022
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