The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Bret Herbert Marts

Paul Harry Sandstrom

Kiyoshi Ueyoko

Leonard James Reiter

Jennifer Lyn Ryba

Steven Wayne Cronin

Robert John Boehlefeld

Frank Anthony Kmiecik

Allen Todd Mathis

The invention provides a pneumatic tire having a tire tread with a ground engaging outer surface. The tread further has a first or central tread zone located on the central or crown portion of the tread and formed of a first rubber compound. Additionally, the tread has a second or shoulder tread zone located axially outward of the first or central tread zone on each lateral end of the tread. The second or shoulder tread zone is formed of a second rubber compound. In one example, the first rubber compound has a G' (at 50% strain) in the range of 1.6 to 1.8 MPa. In another example, the second rubber compound has a G′ (at 100% strain) in the range of 800 to 830 KPa.

Aircraft tire with zoned tread

This invention relates to a pneumatic tire with an outer, running surface containing, circumferential tread comprised of a styrene/butadiene (SBR) rich rubber composition containing two SBR's with spaced apart glass transition temperatures (Tg's), one of which is a functionalized SBR with a functional group reactive with hydroxyl groups on a precipitated silica, together with a combination of at least three resins with spaced apart softening points. The filler reinforcement is a combination of precipitated silica and specialized rubber reinforcing carbon black.

Tire with rubber tread containing combination of resin blend and functionalized elastomer

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Akron, OH, United States of America

Bret Herbert Marts