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US 2018/0001703 A1Published application
Tire sidewalls including polymeric organosilicon compounds
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorCraig BALNIS
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Abstract
A tire sidewall comprising a vulcanized rubber and a polymeric organo silicon compound.
Claims22
A tire sidewall comprising:
- a. a vulcanized rubber;
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- b. a polymeric organosilicon compound.
A tire comprising:
- a sidewall including a vulcanized rubber with reinforcing filler, antiozonant, and
- at least 0.0025 and at most 2.0 parts by weight polymeric organosilicon compound per 100 parts by weight rubber dispersed within said vulcanized rubber.
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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 of a polymeric organosilicon compound 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.
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