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US 2017/0361654 A1Published application
Tire sidewalls including high molecular weight waxes
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsCraig Balnis, Emily Welles
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Abstract
A tire sidewall comprising a vulcanized rubber and a high molecular weight wax.
Claims17
A tire sidewall comprising:
- a. a vulcanized rubber;
- and
- b. a high molecular weight wax.
The tire of the preceding claim, where the sidewall includes at least 2.0 parts by weight and at most 10 parts by weight high molecular weight wax per 100 parts by weight rubber.
A tire comprising:
- a sidewall including a vulcanized rubber with reinforcing filler, antiozonant, and from about 2.0 to about 10 parts by weight of a high molecular weight wax dispersed within said vulcanizable rubber.
A method for preparing a tire sidewall, the method comprising:
- vulcanizing a green tire sidewall, said green tire sidewall being fabricated from a vulcanizable composition of matter comprising a rubber, from about 5 to about 200 parts by weight filler per 100 parts by weight rubber, from about 0.0025 to about 2.0 parts by weight high molecular weight wax per 100 parts by weight rubber, from about 2.0 to about 10 parts by weight antiozonant per 100 parts by weight rubber, and a curative.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.