Long-Term Indicator For Rubber Articles
AssigneesBridgestone Research, LLC, Bridgestone Corporation
InventorsSebastian V. Kanakkanatt, Hiroshi Mouri, Santosh B. Kanakkanatt
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Abstract
A rubber article comprising: a rubber substrate; and an indicator carried by said rubber substrate, said indicator including at least one component including porous ceramic particles that are at least partially saturated with a liquid, where the particles are transparent when at least saturated with the liquid.
Claims11
A rubber article comprising:
- a. a rubber substrate;
- and
- b. an indicator carried by said rubber substrate, said indicator including at least one component including porous ceramic particles that are at least partially saturated with a liquid, where the particles are transparent when at least saturated with the liquid.
The indicator of the preceding claim, where the rubber article is a tire.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the rubber substrate is a tire sidewall.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the rubber article is an airspring bellow.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the rubber substrate is an outer cover of the bellow.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the porous particles are porous silica or silicates.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the porous particles are sodium aluminosilicates.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the liquid is a hydrocarbon oil.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the particles are dispersed within a binder matrix.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the binder matrix includes a binder resin.
The indicator of any of the preceding claims, where the binder resin is an acrylic resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.