IP Library Granted Patent US 12,304,245
Granted Patent B2
US 12,304,245 · App. 17/434,316 · Granted May 20, 2025

Tire rubber composition and pneumatic tire

Inventors: Shuichiro Ono (Kobe, JP); Fumiya Kato (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
B60C1/0016B60C11/0008B60C11/03C08F136/08C08L9/06C08L45/02C08L47/00B60C2011/0025B60C2011/0033B60C2011/0353B60C2011/0355C08L2205/03
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Patent No.
US 12,304,245
App. No.
17/434,316
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention aims to provide tire rubber composition with significantly improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and fuel economy, and pneumatic tires including the rubber compositions. The tire rubber compositions of the present invention have a tan δ versus temperature curve whose peak tan δ and half width satisfy the following relationship (1): Peak tan δ/Half width≥0.025  (1).

Claims (23)

1. A tire rubber composition,

comprising, based on 100% by mass of total rubber components therein, 25% by mass or more of an isoprene-based rubber and 35% by mass or more of a styrene-butadiene rubber, and

having a tan δ versus temperature curve whose peak tan δ and half width satisfy the following relationship (1):

Peak tan δ/Half width≥0.025  (1).

2. The tire rubber composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rubber composition satisfies the following relationship:

0.025≤Peak tan δ/Half width≤0.100.

3. The tire rubber composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rubber composition satisfies the following relationship:

0.027≤Peak tan δ/Half width≤0.080.

4. The tire rubber composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rubber composition comprises a farnesene polymer.

5. The tire rubber composition according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rubber composition comprises a coumarone-indene resin.

6. A pneumatic tire, comprising the rubber composition according to claim 1 .

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 ,

wherein the tire has a maximum total tread thickness of 5 mm or more.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 ,

wherein the tire has a main tread groove depth of 8.0 to 13.0 mm.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 ,

wherein the tire has a main tread groove width of 6 to 16 mm.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 6 ,

wherein the tire has a maximum total subtread thickness at a main groove bottom of 0.5 to 2.0 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: ONO, SHUICHIRO; KATO, FUMIYA
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057302/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-037706 · Mar 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230202235A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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