IP Library Granted Patent US 12,157,821
Granted Patent B2
US 12,157,821 · App. 17/629,652 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Tire incorporating a rubber composition including a specific hydrocarbon resin

Inventors: Fabien Bonnette (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Laurent Copey (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Benoit De Gaudemaris (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Olivier J. F. Georjon (Uccle, BE); Derek W. Thurman (Friendswood, TX); Ranjan Tripathy (Sugar Land, TX); Alain Hut (Clermont-Ferrand, FR)
Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLILSSEMENTS MICHELIN
C08L9/06B60C1/0016
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Patent No.
US 12,157,821
App. No.
17/629,652
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein are tires comprising a rubber composition based on at least an elastomer and a hydrocarbon resin, wherein the hydrocarbon resin is based on a cyclic monomer selected from the group consisting of a distillation cut from a petroleum refinery stream, and/or C 4 , C 5 or C 6 cyclic olefins and mixtures thereof, and wherein the hydrocarbon resin has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of between 150 and 800 g/mol, and a content of aromatic protons (H Ar, expressed in mol %), a glass transition temperature (Tg, expressed in ° C.), and a number average molecular weight (Mn, expressed in g/mol) that are represented by (1) H Ar≤6 mol %, (2) Tg≥95−2.2*(H Ar), (3) Tg≥125−(0.08*Mn).

Claims (26)

1. A tire comprising a rubber composition based on at least an elastomer and a hydrocarbon resin,

wherein the hydrocarbon resin is based on a cyclic monomer selected from the group consisting of a distillation cut from a petroleum refinery stream, C 4 , C 5 or C 6 cyclic olefins and mixtures thereof,

wherein the hydrocarbon resin comprises the cyclic monomer in an amount between 20 wt. % and 99 wt. %, and

wherein the hydrocarbon resin has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of between 150 and 800 g/mol, and a content of aromatic protons (H Ar, expressed in mol %), a glass transition temperature (Tg, expressed in ° C.), and a number average molecular weight (Mn, expressed in g/mol) that are represented by:

(1) H Ar≤6 mol %,

(2) Tg≥95−2.2*(H Ar), and

(3) Tg≥125−(0.08*Mn).

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclic monomer is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentene, cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene, cyclohexene, 1,3-cyclohexadiene, 1,4-cyclohexadiene, methylcyclopentadiene, di(methylcyclopentadiene) and mixtures thereof.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon resin comprises methylcyclopentadiene in an amount between 0.1 wt. % and 15 wt. %.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon resin is further based on an aromatic monomer.

5. The tire according to claim 4 , wherein the aromatic monomer is selected from the group consisting of olefin-aromatic compounds, aromatic distillation cuts and mixtures thereof.

6. The tire according to claim 5 , wherein the aromatic monomer is an aromatic distillation cut.

7. The tire according to claim 5 , wherein the aromatic monomer comprises an olefin-aromatic compound selected from the group consisting of indene derivatives, vinylaromatic compounds and mixtures thereof.

8. The tire according to claim 7 , wherein the aromatic monomer comprises an indene derivative of Formula (I)

wherein R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an arylalkyl group.

9. The tire according to claim 7 , wherein the aromatic monomer comprises a vinylaromatic compound of Formula (II)

wherein R 3 and R 4 represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an arylalkyl group.

10. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon resin has at least one of the following additional features:

a MMAP cloud point of between 10° C. and 60° C.;

a number average molecular weight (Mn) of between 250 and 600 g/mol;

a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 95° C. or more; and

a content of aromatic protons (H Ar) of 3 mol % or less.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the hydrocarbon resin is within a range extending from 15 to 150 phr.

12. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one elastomer comprises an elastomer having a glass transition temperature Tg of less than −40° C. in an amount greater than or equal to 60 phr.

13. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one elastomer comprises an elastomer selected from the group consisting of essentially unsaturated diene elastomers in an amount greater than or equal to 60 phr.

14. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition further comprises a reinforcing filler.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2023
From: BONNETTE, FABIEN; COPEY, LAURENT; GAUDEMARIS, BENOIT DE; GEORJON, OLIVIER J.F.; HUT, ALAIN; THURMAN, DEREK W.; TRIPATHY, RANJAN
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
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Priority Claims (1)
FR 1908535 · Jul 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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