Tire comprising a tread
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorMasahiko Moriyama
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Abstract
A tire comprises a tread which comprises a plurality of tread pattern elements (1) delimited by cut-outs (3, 4), the tread pattern elements respectively comprising at least one lateral face (13, 14, 15, 16), and a first rubber composition (FC) at least partially covered on at least one of the lateral face (13, 14, 15, 16) with a layer of a second rubber composition (SC) based on an elastomer matrix comprising more than 55 phr and up to 100 phr of a first diene elastomer having a glass transition temperature of less than −25° C. and 0 to less than 45 phr of a second diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler comprising more than 100 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler, and more than 45 phr of a plasticizing agent predominately comprising at least one hydrocarbon resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 20° C.
Claims16
A tire comprising a tread which comprises a plurality of tread pattern elements delimited by cut-outs, the tread pattern elements respectively comprising at least one lateral face and a contact surface intended to come into contact with the ground during rolling, and the tread pattern elements respectively comprising a first rubber composition at least partially covered on at least one of the lateral face with a layer of a second rubber composition which is different from the first rubber composition,
- wherein the second rubber composition consists of:
- an elastomer matrix comprising 55 phr to 100 phr of a first diene elastomer being a styrene-butadiene copolymer and having a glass transition temperature of less than −60° C., and 0 to less than 45 phr of a second diene elastomer;
- a reinforcing filler comprising more than 100 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler;
- a coupling agent;
- more than 45 phr of a plasticizing agent consisting of at least one liquid plasticizer and at least one hydrocarbon resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 20° C;
- a crosslinking system;
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- at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a pigment, a protection agent, a chemical antiozonant, an antioxidant, an antifatigue agents, and a reinforcing resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.