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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156979 | Tire with zoned built-in sealant layer The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire which contains a built-in zoned puncture sealant layer. The zoned puncture sealant layer is comprised of organoperoxide depolymerized butyl rubber zones comprised of a central primary zone and lateral zones joined to... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8003724 | Specialized silica, rubber composition containing specialized silica and products with component thereof The invention relates to allyl functionalized precipitated silica, rubber compositions containing such silica, particularly sulfur cured rubber compositions, and articles of manufacture having a component thereof such as, for example tires. The invention particularl... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7956146 | Tire with tread of polybutadiene rubber Pneumatic rubber tire with an outer, circumferential tread comprised of specialized cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber based silica/carbon black reinforced rubber composition. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7928157 | Tire with tread having enhanced wet traction This invention relates to a tire with a tread of a rubber composition which contains zinc rosinate within and on the surface of said rubber composition. Said zinc rosinate promotes enhanced wet traction for said tire tread by actually replacing a more conventional z... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7906593 | Rubber composition containing an alkoxysilane coupled in-chain functionalized elastomer and tire with component thereof This invention relates to a precipitated silica reinforced conjugated diene-based elastomer composition containing an alkoxysilane coupled, in-chain functionalized, conjugated diene-based elastomer and to a tire having at least one component thereof. Said in-chain f... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891394 | Tire with puncture resistant sidewall This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a puncture resistant rubber sidewall. The said tire sidewall is comprised of an outer, visible annular configured sidewall rubber layer and an inner (non-visible) annular configured sidewall rubber layer integ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891391 | Tire with tread having an outer cap layer and underlying transition layer containing at least one of depolymerized rubber, pre-cured rubber and coal dust The invention relates to a tire having a lug and groove configured rubber tread having an outer rubber cap layer with a running surface and an underlying specialized transition rubber layer. The transition rubber layer is specialized in a sense of containing at leas... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7819152 | Pneumatic tire with tread having electrically conductive component underlying and extending through its tread This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a circumferential tread containing an outer tread rubber layer, wherein said outer tread rubber layer contains an outer tire running surface, comprised of an electrically insulating (poorly electrically conduc... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7789117 | Tire with circumferential rubber tread having a lateral outboard control element The invention relates to a tire having a circumferential tread of a cap/base configuration composed of an outer tread rubber cap layer with a running surface of the tread and an underlying tread rubber base layer, wherein said tread cap layer is composed of two long... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7740034 | Light duty tire with silica-rich polyisoprene rubber based intermediate transition layer This invention relates to a light duty tire (e.g. passenger tire or light duty truck tire) designed for a load bearing capacity of a maximum of 3,500 pounds (1587 kg) with a tread of a cap/base construction with at least one underlying silica-rich, cis 1,4-polyisopr... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737204 | Rubber with combination of silica and partially decarboxylated rosin acid and tire with component thereof This invention relates to rubber compositions which contain a combination of silica reinforcement and plant-derived liquid partially decarboxylated rosin acid and to tires having components thereof, such as, for example, tire treads. Said liquid partially decarboxyl... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735533 | Heavy duty tire with silica-rich polyisoprene rubber based intermediate transition layer This invention relates to a heavy duty tire (e.g. heavy duty truck tire) designed for a load bearing capacity of at least 4,000 pounds (1814 kg) with a tread of a cap/base construction with at least one underlying silica-rich, cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber based inter... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7714055 | Tire with component comprised of a blend of polybutadiene rubber and composite of styrene/butadiene elastomer which contains exfoliated clay platelets Pneumatic rubber tire having at least one component of a polybutadiene-rich rubber composition comprised of a blend of a continuous phase of a specialized cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and a dispersed phase comprised of a composite of styrene/butadiene elastomer whic... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7683115 | Silica reinforced rubber composition and use in tires This invention relates to the preparation of silica-containing rubber compositions which contain precipitated silica reinforcement and use of an oligomeric organomercaptosilane coupling agent containing a plurality of mercapto and silane moieties, and a minimal cont... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7674344 | Pneumatic tire with depolymerized butyl rubber-based built-in sealant prepared with activated organoperoxide The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire with a built-in sealant layer comprised of a depolymerized butyl rubber based sealant precursor. The butyl rubber of the built-in sealant precursor composition is depolymerized in situ within the tire with an activat... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671126 | Tire with tread The invention relates to a tire having a tread which contains coal dust to promote a fast wearing tread running surface designed to expel internally heated tread rubber. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7640957 | Tire with rubber tread highly loaded with a combination of filler reinforcement and oil This invention relates to high performance tires designed for high vehicular speeds having thin treads with a maximum thickness of about three centimeters with a running surface which is comprised of a rubber composition which is highly loaded with a combination of ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7631676 | Tire with central rubber layer reinforced with micro and/or macro reinforcing fillers to abridge split carcass ply ends The invention relates to a tire having a split ply carcass member with the ends of the split carcass ply spaced apart in the central crown portion of the tire and a central rubber layer spanning the gap between the split carcass ply ends, wherein said central rubber... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7595360 | Rubber composition containing diene-based elastomer, precipitated silica, coupling agent and alcohol-adsorbing activated carbon and pneumatic tire with component The present invention relates to a rubber composition comprised of diene based elastomer, precipitated silica, particulate low molecular weight alcohol-adsorbing (e.g. alkanol-adsorbing) activated carbon and coupling agent comprised of at least one of organopolyalko... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7594528 | Tire with sidewall comprised of emulsion styrene/butadiene rubber, cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber This invention relates to a tire with a sidewall composition comprised of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, and high cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber combined with a partial replacement of the cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, par... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7559348 | Tire with rubber tread of circumferential zones with graduated physical properties The invention relates to a tire having a rubber tread comprised of cap/base construction where the tread cap layer provides the running surface of the tread and the tread base layer underlies the tread cap layer and thereby provides a transition between the tread ca... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7531596 | Rubber composition containing antidegradant and MIBK adsorbing activated carbon, and pneumatic tire with component The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing a diene based elastomer reinforced with rubber reinforcing carbon black and/or silica which contains an antidegradant comprised of N-1,3-dimethylbutyl-N′-phenyl-p-phenylene diamine (6-PPD) together w... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528186 | Silica reinforced rubber composition containing an ionic compound and article having a component thereof This invention relates to a silica reinforced rubber composition containing an ionic compound and article having a component thereof. The invention particularly relates to an article such as a rubber tire having a component of such rubber composition. Said ionic com... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7506677 | Pneumatic tire having an innerliner comprised of butyl rubber and disperison of pre-cured diene-based rubber The present invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having an integral innerliner of a sulfur cured rubber composition. The innerliner rubber composition is comprised of at least one elastomer selected from bromobutyl rubber and chlorobutyl rubber which also co... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7473728 | Dual phase rubber composition and tire with nanocomposite-containing sidewall thereof This invention relates to a dual phase rubber composition and pneumatic tire with a rubber sidewall thereof, namely a dual phased non-black colored rubber composition composed of a first pre-formed elastomer phase comprised of butyl-type rubber and EPDM rubber conta... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7473724 | Preparation of silica reinforced polyisoprene-rich rubber composition and tire with component thereof This invention relates to the preparation of a cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber-rich rubber composition containing precipitated silica which has been pre-treated with a fatty alcohol and/or epoxidized soybean oil together with an organosilane containing polysulfide coupl... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7423089 | Preparation of rubber composition comprised of EPDM/polyisoprene rubber blends and tire with sidewall comprised thereof This invention relates to preparation of rubber compositions comprised of EPDM and conjugated diene-based elastomer, particularly including cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, and particularly natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, blends and pneumatic rubber tire with an ou... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7378468 | Tire having component of rubber composition containing a carbonaceous filler composite of disturbed crystalline phrases and amorphous carbon phases This invention relates to a tire having a component of a rubber composition which contains a carbonaceous filler as a composite comprised of a disturbed crystalline structure which contains synthetic cubic (diamond) crystalline phase(s) combined with a significant a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367369 | Aircraft tire The invention relates to an aircraft tire with a tread having a running surface of a rubber composition which contains elastomers of which a major portion is a specialized cis 1,4-polybutadiene elastomer and a minor portion is cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and which c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368587 | Functionalized siloxy compound, silica reinforced rubber compositions thereof and tire with component comprised thereof The present invention relates to a functionalized siloxy compound which is useful in silica-filled rubber compositions and the processing of a sulfur curable rubber composition containing silica. Accordingly, the invention further relates to a rubber composition con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350550 | Tire with electrically non-conductive tread which contains a self locking electrically conductive rubber strip extending through said tread to its running surface This invention relates to a tire having an electrically non-conductive tread which contains an electrically conductive rubber strip which extends through at least a portion of the tread to its running surface in a wave configured shape, and therefore not a continuou... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351763 | Tire with tread of rubber and carbon black with silica domains on its surface prepared by extended reactive mixing A tire is provided having a circumferential tread of a diene-based rubber composition reinforced with a silica-containing carbon black which contains domains of silica on its surface prepared by extended reactive mixing of said silica-containing carbon black with a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342065 | Preparation of nanocomposite of elastomer and exfoliated clay platelets, rubber compositions comprised of said nanocomposite and articles of manufacture, including tires This invention relates to preparation of nanocomposites comprised of elastomer and a dispersion of an at least partially exfoliated water swellable clay and to rubber compositions containing such nanocomposite and articles of manufacture which contain at least one c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337815 | Tire with tread of rubber composition containing diverse carbon blacks The invention relates to a tire with a component composed of a rubber composition containing at least two diverse carbon blacks. In one aspect such tire is a heavy tire and such component is a tread for a heavy tire which contains at least two diverse carbon blacks ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332047 | Adherent, removable barrier film for tire carcass A bond of a rubbery component to a virgin surface of a tire's cured innerliner which virgin surface has never been contaminated by the remnants of a release agent left after buffing with a wire brush and solvent-cleaning the cured innerliner, is unexpectedly stronge... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318464 | Pneumatic rubber tire having annular rubber strip containing electrically conductive bonded to its inner surface A pre-cured pneumatic rubber tire of open toroidal shape having a pre-cured rubber strip, comprised of at least one elastomer and which contains at least one electrically conductive element, adhesively bonded to an inner surface of the tire's cavity. The adhesive is... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7294666 | Tire with component of rubber composition comprised of silica reinforcement and emulsion polymerization derived terpolymer rubber of diene/vinyl aromatic compound which contains pendant hydroxyl groups This invention relates to a tire having at least one component of a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of an emulsion polymerization derived terpolymer rubber which contain pendant hydroxyl groups, particularly derived from diene hydrocarbon and vinyl ar... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284582 | Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive cord extending between a bead portion and a tread portion of the tire A pneumatic rubber tire containing at least one electrically conductive cord extending between its bead and tread portions to provide a path of least electrical resistance. The electrically conductive cord is comprised of at least one electrically conductive metal f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285584 | Tire with component comprised of rubber composition containing hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica The invention relates to a tire having at least one component comprised of a rubber composition which contains a hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica, namely a pre-silanized silica hydrophobated with an epoxidized soybean oil and/or epoxidized rubber tree seed oil in... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284583 | Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive cord extending from its outer wheel-rim mounting surface to its internal tread portion This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire which contains at least one electrically conductive cord extending from an external outer surface of its wheel-rim mounting surface rubber component to an internal electrically conductive tread base layer rubber comp... | 10/23/2007 |
