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US 10,245,898 B2Granted
Rubber decor and tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorYuki Nakamura
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Abstract
There is provided a rubber decor or a tire having: a rubber; a white layer arranged on or above a surface of the rubber and composed of a white paint; and a colored layer composed of a paint except a white paint and at least partially applied on the white layer. The darkest part of the white layer has brightness of 80% or more. The white layer and the colored layer constitute a desired decoration.
Claims15
A tire comprising:
- a tread portion contacting a road surface;
- and
- a sidewall portion continuing into the tread portion,
- wherein sidewall rubber constituting the sidewall portion includes a rubber decor comprising:
- a rubber;
- a white layer arranged on or above a surface of the rubber and composed of a white paint;
- and
- a colored layer composed of a paint except a white paint and at least partially applied on the white layer,
- wherein the darkest part of the white layer has brightness of 80% or more, and the white layer and the colored layer constitute a desired decoration,
- wherein the white paint is an ultraviolet ink and the paint except a white paint is an ultraviolet ink,
- wherein the rubber comprises a barrier layer at the surface of the rubber and at least at an area adjacent to the white layer, the barrier layer including butyl-based rubber,
- wherein an outermost end in a tire radial direction of the barrier layer is arranged on an inner side of a tire maximum width position in the tire radial direction, and
- wherein tire radial outer ends of the white layer and the colored layer are arranged on the inner side of the tire maximum width position in the tire radial direction.
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