Tire inner-liners comprising a solid rubber and a complex of a reactive rubber and layered silicate clay
AssigneeExxon Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsEdward Nathan Kresge, David John Lohse
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Abstract
A tire inner-liner, comprising a solid rubber and a complex, said complex comprising a reactive rubber and a layered silicate clay uniformly dispersed therein. The complex comprising the clays significantly improve the low air permeability of the tire inner-liner without adversely affecting the rubber composition.
Claims16
A tire innerliner comprising a complex and solid rubber formed into a layer of low air permeability shaded to underlie a tire carcass, said complex being composed of reactive rubber having a positively charged group and a layered silicate uniformly dispersed therein, the interlayer distance of said layered silicate being greater than 12 angstroms and the reactive rubber being soluble in or crosslinkable with the solid rubber.
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