IP Library Granted Patent US 10,870,744
Granted Patent B2
US 10,870,744 · App. 16/763,736 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, vulcanizate of the rubber mixture, and vehicle tyre

Inventors: Julia Schoeffel (Hannover, DE); Norbert Mueller (Nienhagen, DE); Carla Recker (Hannover, DE)
Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
C08L9/06B29B7/7495B29K2009/06B29K2509/02C08L2205/03C08L2207/04
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Patent No.
US 10,870,744
App. No.
16/763,736
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, to a vulcanizate thereof and to a vehicle tire. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber; and 10 to 300 phr of at least one silica; and 1 to 22 phf of at least one silane A having general empirical formula A-I) (R 1 ) o Si—R 2 —(S—R 3 ) q —S x —(R 3 —S) q —R 2 —Si(R 1 ) o ; and  A-I) 0.5 to 30 phf of at least one silane B having general empirical formula B-I) (R 1 ) o Si—R 2 —(S—R 3 ) u —S—R 2 —Si(R 1 ) o   B-I) wherein x is an integer from 2 to 10, q is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and u is 1, 2 or 3.

Claims (29)

1. A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising at least the following constituents:

at least one diene rubber; and

10 to 300 phr of at least one silica; and

1 to 22 phf (parts per hundred parts of filler by weight) of at least one silane A having general empirical formula A-I)

(R 1 ) o Si—R 2 —(S—R 3 ) q —S x —(R 3 —S) q —R 2 —Si(R 1 ) o ; and  A-I)

0.5 to 30 phf of at least one silane B having general empirical formula B-I)

(R 1 ) o Si—R 2 —(S—R 3 ) u —S—R 2 —Si(R 1 ) o   B-I)

wherein o may be 1 or 2 or 3;

wherein the radicals R 1 may be identical or different and are selected from C 1 -C 10 -alkoxy groups, C 6 -C 20 -phenoxy groups, C 2 -C 10 -cyclic dialkoxy groups, C 2 -C 10 -dialkoxy groups, C 4 -C 10 -cycloalkoxy groups, C 6 -C 20 -aryl groups, C 1 -C 10 -alkyl groups, C 2 -C 20 -alkenyl groups, C 2 -C 20 -alkynyl groups, C 7 -C 20 -aralkyl groups, halides or alkyl polyether group —O—(R 6 —O) r —R 7 , wherein the radicals R 6 are identical or different and are branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic, aromatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic divalent C 1 -C 30 -hydrocarbon group, r is an integer from 1 to 30, and the radicals R 7 are unsubstituted or substituted, branched or unbranched monovalent alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, or two R 1 correspond to a dialkoxy group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms wherein in that case o<3, or two or more silanes of formulae A-I) and/or B-I) may be bridged via radicals R 1 or by condensation;

with the proviso that in the formulae A-I) and B-I) in each (R′) o Si group at least one R 1 is selected from the abovementioned options, wherein this R 1 i) is bonded to the silicon atom via an oxygen atom or ii) is a halide;

wherein the radicals R 2 and R 3 in each molecule and within a molecule may be identical or different and are branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic, aromatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic divalent C 1 -C 30 -hydrocarbon groups; and,

wherein x is an integer from 2 to 10 and q is 0 or 1 or 2 or 3; and wherein u is 1 or 2 or 3.

2. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein q is 0 or 1.

3. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein u is 1.

4. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein R 2 is an alkyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms.

5. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein R 3 is an alkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.

6. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the silane A has the following structure conforming to formula A-II):

and, wherein x is an integer from 2 to 10.

7. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the silane A has the following structure conforming to formula A-III):

(EtO) 3 Si—(CH 2 ) 3 —S x —(CH 2 ) 3 —Si(EtO) 3 ; and,  A-III)

wherein x is an integer from 2 to 10.

8. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein x is an integer from 2 to 4, preferably 2.

9. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the silane B has the following structure conforming to formula B-II):

10. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of silanes A present to silanes B present is 19:81 to 81:19.

11. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the diene rubber is selected from the group consisting of natural polyisoprene (NR), synthetic polyisoprene (IR), butadiene rubber (BR), solution-polymerized stirene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) and emulsion-polymerized stirene-butadiene rubber (ESBR).

12. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture according to claim 11 , wherein the sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture contains 5 to 30 phr of at least one natural and/or at least one synthetic polyisoprene and 25 to 80 phr of at least one stirene-butadiene rubber and 5 to 50 phr of at least one butadiene rubber.

13. A vulcanizate obtained by sulfur vulcanization of at least one rubber mixture according to claim 1 .

14. A vehicle tire comprising at least one component part based upon at least one vulcanizate according to claim 13 .

15. The vehicle tire according to claim 14 comprising the at least one vulcanizate in a tread of the vehicle tire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: SCHÖFFEL, JULIA; RECKER, CARLA; MÜLLER, NORBERT
To: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 054431/0986 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 221 231 · Nov 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200347207A1 · Nov 5, 2020