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US 12,600,171 · App. 18/284,679 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Composite comprising a metal reinforcing element and an elastomer composition containing an adhesion promoting resin

Inventors: Anne-Lise Thuilliez (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Odile Gavard-Lonchay (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Christophe Le Clerc (Clermont-Ferrand, FR); Julien Letessier (Clermont-Ferrand, FR)
Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
B60C9/0007B60C2009/0021
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Patent No.
US 12,600,171
App. No.
18/284,679
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite comprises at least one reinforcing element exhibiting a surface comprising an alloy of copper and zinc, the reinforcing element being embedded in an elastomeric composition based on at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a sulfur crosslinking system and a phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least one aromatic polyphenol and on at least one dialdehyde compound comprising two aldehyde functions, in which the content of phenol/aldehyde resin is less than 10 phr.

Claims (17)

1 . A composite comprising at least one reinforcing element exhibiting a surface comprising an alloy of copper and zinc, the reinforcing element being embedded in an elastomeric composition based on at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a sulfur crosslinking system and a phenol/aldehyde resin based on:

at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic nucleus bearing at least two hydroxyl functions in a meta position with respect to each other, the two positions ortho to at least one of the hydroxyl functions being unsubstituted, and

at least one dialdehyde compound comprising two aldehyde functions, in which a content of phenol/aldehyde resin is less than 10 phr.

2 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one dialdehyde compound comprises at least one aromatic nucleus, which is optionally substituted.

3 . The composite according to claim 2 , wherein two positions meta to at least one aldehyde function are unsubstituted.

4 . The composite according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one dialdehyde compound is selected from compounds comprising an aromatic nucleus having 6 carbon atoms.

5 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the sulfur crosslinking system comprises a metal oxide, a stearic acid derivative and a vulcanization accelerator, a sulfur content being between 1 and 5 phr, and a ratio by weight of metal oxide to stearic acid derivative being less than 3.

6 . The composite according to claim 5 , wherein a sulfur/vulcanization accelerator ratio by weight is less than or equal to 5.

7 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the at least one reinforcing element comprises from 55% to 75% by weight of copper.

8 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric composition comprises at least 50 phr of at least one isoprene elastomer.

9 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric composition comprises from 1 to 4 phr of sulfur.

10 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric composition does not comprise cobalt salts or comprises less than 1 phr thereof.

11 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing filler of the elastomeric composition comprises carbon black.

12 . The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing filler of the elastomeric composition comprises silica.

13 . The composite according to claim 12 , wherein the elastomeric composition comprises an agent for coupling the silica, a content of coupling agent being in a range extending from 5% to 18% by weight, with respect to an amount of silica.

14 . A finished or semi-finished article comprising the composite according to claim 1 .

15 . A pneumatic tire comprising the composite according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2023
From: THUILLIEZ, ANNE-LISE; GAVARD-LONCHAY, ODILE; LE CLERC, CHRISTOPHE; LETESSIER, JULIEN
To: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
Reel/Frame 065698/0210 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2103178 · Mar 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240174024A1 · May 30, 2024
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