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US 5,576,372 AGranted
Composite tire innerliners and inner tubes
AssigneeExxon Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsEdward N. Kresge, David J. Lohse
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Abstract
Tire innerliners and inner tubes are prepared from blends of general purpose rubbers and silicate clay. The clays provide the requisite low air permeability without adversely affecting the flexibility of the rubber composition.
Claims16
A pneumatic tire having an inner-liner, said inner-liner comprising:
- (a) a complex comprising a reactive rubber having a positively charged group and a layered silicate uniformly dispersed therein, and
- (b) a solid rubber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.