The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Anna Katharina Bier

Christian Jean-Marie Kaes

Gary Terence Barrett

Steve Ludwig

Michael Hans

Björn Springer

Richard Cox

Bjoern Springer

Kimia Ekramzadeh

The present invention relates to pneumatic tires comprising a dual-layer tread made of a first layer comprising a first tread compound having a first tread property and a second layer comprising a second tread compound having a second tread property.

Tire comprising a dual-layer tread

A rubber composition comprising 50 phr to 100 phr of a styrene butadiene rubber; 0 phr to 50 phr of at least one diene based rubber; 95 phr to 200 phr of filler comprising i) 50 phr to 100 phr of silica, ii) 40 phr to 70 phr of carbon black and iii) 5 phr to 30 phr of an inorganic metal hydroxide; 40 phr to 80 phr of plasticizer comprising a hydrocarbon resin having a softening point within a range of 80° C. and 130° C.

Rubber composition and a tire comprising a rubber composition

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Hanau, Germany

Anna Katharina Bier