Tire with rubber/cord belt laminate
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsPaul H. Sandstrom, Richard G. Bauer, Donald J. Burlett, Mark S. Sinsky
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Abstract
A laminate of rubber and steel cord, which may be brass coated steel where the rubber is comprised of elastomer, carbon black, optionally silica, dithiodipropionic acid and prescribed methylene donor material. In one aspect, a tire is provided having at least one component as such laminate.
Claims5
A pneumatic tire having, at least one component, a laminate of rubber and a brass coated steel cord, wherein said laminate is the form of a belt ply positioned circumferentially around the tire in the crown portion thereof between the tire tread and tire carcass plies, and wherein said rubber of said laminate is comprised of (A) 100 parts by weight of at least one diene-based elastomer, (B) about 5 to about 25 phr particulate, precipitated silica, (C) about 40 to about 75 phr carbon black, and (D) about 0.5 to about 5 phr dithiodipropionic acid and (E) about 2.5 to about 4 phr of at least a methylene donor consisting essentially of hexamethoxymethylmelamine;
- wherein the weight ratio of said hexamethoxymethylmelamine to dithiodipropionic acid is about 2/1 to about 5/1;
- wherein the total amount of carbon black and silica is in a range of about 45 to about 90 phr;
- and wherein said rubber composition of said laminate is exclusive of any cobalt compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.