US 6,518,350 B1Granted

Rubber composition and tire

AssigneeJsr Corporation

InventorsNaokazu Kobayashi, Hiroshi Akema, Toshihiro Tadaki, Syuji Nishibata

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Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition with excellent workability, which gives vulcanized products with high wet skid resistance, low rolling resistance and high abrasion resistance, and a tire with those excellent properties. The rubber composition comprising a diene-based rubber (a), silica (b) and a compatibilizer (c). Said compatibilizer (c) is at least one selected from among (I) Aminosilane compounds; (II) Epoxy group-containing compounds; and (III)(IV) Compounds which have an amino group or a polymerizable unsaturated bond, together with a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an ether bond, a carboxyl group, an ester bond or a polymerizable unsaturated bond in the molecule.

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Dependent claims

A rubber composition comprising a diene-based rubber (a), a silica (b) at 5-100 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of said diene-based rubber (a) and a compatibilizer (c) at 0.1-20 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of said silica (b), wherein said diene-based rubber (a) contains styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber at 30-100 wt % with respect to said diene-based rubber (a), and

wherein said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber is obtained by copolymerizing styrene with 1,3-butadiene by anionic polymerization using an organic alkali metal compound in the presence of a primary or secondary amine, and
said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber has
(i) a styrene component content of 5-45 wt %;
(ii) a butadiene 1,2-bond content of 10-80 wt %;
(iii) a glass transition temperature of −70 to −10° C.;
and
(iv) an amino group content of 0.01-2.0 mmol per 100 g of said copolymer rubber, and
said compatibilizer (c) is at least one selected from the group consisting of:
(I) Aminosilane compounds;
(II) Epoxy group-containing compounds;
(III) Compounds with an amino group and a hydroxyl group, compounds with an amino group and an epoxy group, compounds with an amino group and an ether bond, compounds with an amino group and a carboxyl group, compounds with an amino group and an ester bond or compounds with an amino group and a polymerizable unsaturated bond, in the molecule;
(IV) Compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydroxyl group, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an epoxy group, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an ether bond, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a carboxyl group or compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an ester bond, in the molecule;
and
(V) Ether bond-containing compounds.

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A rubber composition comprising a diene-based rubber (a), silica (b) at 5-100 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of said diene-based rubber (a) and a compatibilizer (c) at 0.1-20 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of said silica (b), wherein said diene-based rubber (a) contains styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber at 30-100 wt % with respect to said diene-based rubber (a), and

wherein said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber is obtained by copolymerizing styrene and 1,3-butadiene by anionic polymerization using an organic alkali metal compound, and coupling the active alkali metal end of the resulting polymer with an alkoxysilane compound or a phenoxysilane compound or a toluyloxysilane compound, and
said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber has
(i) a styrene component content of 5-45 wt %;
(ii) a butadiene 1,2-bond content of 10-80 wt %;
(iii) a glass transition temperature of −70 to −10° C.;
and
(iv) an alkoxysilyl group or a phenoxysilyl or a toluyloxysilyl group content of 0.01-5.0 mmol per 100 g of said copolymer rubber, and
said compatibilizer (c) is at least one selected from the group consisting of:
(1) Aminosilane compounds;
(II) Epoxy group-containing compounds;
(III) Compounds with an amino group and a hydroxyl group, compounds with an amino group and an epoxy group, compounds with an amino group and an ether bond, compounds with an amino group and a carboxyl group, compounds with an amino group and an ester bond or compounds with an amino group and a polymerizable unsaturated bond, in the molecule;
(IV) Compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydroxyl group, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an epoxy group, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an ether bond, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a carboxyl group or compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an ester bond, in the molecule;
and
(V) Ether bond-containing compounds.

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wherein said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber has both alkoxysilyl, phenoxysilyl or toluyloxysilyl groups, and amino groups, and is obtained by copolymerizing styrene with 1,3-butadiene by anionic polymerization using an organic alkali metal compound in the presence of a primary or secondary amine and bringing the process to almost 100% conversion, and then adding a modifier with alkoxysilyl, phenoxysilyl or toluyloxysilyl groups, and
said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber has
(i) a styrene component content of 5-45 wt %;
(ii) a butadiene 1,2-bond content of 10-80 wt %;
(iii) a glass transition temperature of −70 to −10° C.;
and
(iv) an alkoxysilyl group or a phenoxysilyl or a toluyloxysilyl group content of 0.01-5.0 mmol and an amino group content of 0.01-2.0 mmol per 100 g of said copolymer rubber, and
said compatibilizer (c) is at least one selected from the group consisting of:
(I) Aminosilane compounds;
(II) Epoxy group-containing compounds;
(III) Compounds with an amino group and a hydroxyl group, compounds with an amino group and an epoxy group, compounds with an amino group and an ether bond, compounds with an amino group and a carboxyl group, compounds with an amino group and an ester bond or compounds with an amino group and a polymerizable unsaturated bond, in the molecule;
(IV) Compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydroxyl group, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an epoxy group, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an ether bond, compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a carboxyl group or compounds with a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an ester bond, in the molecule;
and
(V) Ether bond-containing compounds.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.