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US 6,476,154 B1Granted
Use of carbon black in curable rubber compounds
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsNeil Arthur Maly, Jerry Donald Hunt, Dennis Keith Romain
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Abstract
A rubber composition is provided comprising a diene-based elastomer, a vulcanizing agent, a vulcanizing accelerator and a reinforcement comprising a conical carbon. The conical carbon comprises cones, flat plates, nanotubes and fullerenes. Also provided is a tire having at least one component fabricated from the rubber composition.
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A composition comprising:
- at least one diene-based elastomer;
- at least one sulfur vulcanizing agent;
- at least one vulcanization accelerator;
- and
- conical carbon black characterized by a total disclination TD given by the formula
- TD=N×60 degrees, where N=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
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A fabricated product comprising at least one component fabricated from a rubber composition, said rubber composition comprising:
- at least one diene-based elastomer;
- at least one sulfur vulcanizing agent;
- at least one vulcanization accelerator;
- and
- conical carbon black characterized by a total disclination TD given by the formula
- TD=N×60 degrees, where N=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.