Tire with improved grip on wet ground
AssigneesMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsPierre Lesage, Garance Lopitaux, Didier Vasseur
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AssigneesMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsPierre Lesage, Garance Lopitaux, Didier Vasseur
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A tire having an improved wet grip, in particular for a passenger vehicle, a van, or a two-wheel vehicle, includes a tread formed of a rubber composition. The rubber composition includes at least (phr meaning parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer): as a first diene elastomer, from 55 to 95 phr of natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene; as a second diene elastomer, from 5 to 45 phr of a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) which is greater than −70° C.; as a reinforcing filler, more than 90 phr and less than 150 phr of an inorganic filler; and as a plasticizer, more than 10 phr of a thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin exhibiting a glass transition temperature (Tg) greater than 20° C.
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A tire comprising a tread including a rubber composition that includes:
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