The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

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Frank Schmitz

Ralf Mruk

Robert Fokko Roskamp

Georges Marcel Victor Thielen

Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff

Marc Weydert

Alexandra Hermann

Giorgio Agostini

Filomeno Gennaro Corvasce

Adel Farhan Halasa

Bruce Raymond Hahn

Richard Michael D'Sidocky

Annette Lechtenboehmer

Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon

Rudolf Wilhelm Zentel

Christian Jean-Marie Kaes

Liqing Ma

Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin

Claude Charles Jacoby

Christian Kaes

Mercedes Maria Diaz-Scharfe

Rene Jean Zimmer

Michael Joseph Rachita

Robert John Gartland

Claude Schweitzer

James Gregory Gillick

Andreas Frantzen

Xiaoping Yang

Robert Edward Lionetti

Walter Kevin Westgate

Yves Donckels

John Eugene Varner

Larry Ashley Gordon

Wolfgang Albert Leo Loesslein

Rene Francois Reuter

Rebecca Lee Dando

Nicola Costantini

Ren&eacute; Fran&ccedil;ois Reuter

Bernd Fuchs

Nicola Constantini

Leslie Allen Haller

Elena Speretto

Michael Spiro Markoff

Isabelle Lea Louise Marie Lambert

Mercedes Diaz-Scharfe

The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising: a functionalized elastomer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion; and a metal ion. The invention is further directed to a pneumatic tire comprising the rubber composition.

Rubber composition and pneumatic tire

The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising: a functionalized elastomer comprising a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion; and an encapsulated metal salt. The invention is further directed to a pneumatic runflat tire comprising a sidewall insert, the insert comprising the rubber composition.

Rubber composition and runflat tire

A method of making a graft copolymer, comprising the steps of obtaining a first polymer comprising at least one carbon-carbon double bond, the first polymer derived from at least one first monomer, the at least one first monomer comprising a conjugated diene monomer; obtaining a second polymer, the second polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and comprising a terminal functional group capable of reacting with the carbon-carbon double bond; and reacting the second polymer with the first polymer to form a graft copolymer, the graft copolymer comprising a backbone derived from the first polymer and sidechains derived from the second polymer.

Method of making a graft copolymer

The present invention is directed to a copolymer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST).

Graft copolymer

The present invention is directed to a functionalized elastomer comprising the reaction product of a living anionic elastomeric polymer and a polymerization terminator of formula I wherein Ris C1 to C4 linear or branched alkanediyl; wherein R, R, R, R, and Rare independently H or C1 to C8 alkyl; Ris C2 to C8 alkanediyl; Rand Rare independently H, aryl or C1 to C8 alkyl; wherein Ris C1 to C8 alkyl.

Functionalized polymer, rubber composition and pneumatic tire

The present invention is directed to a functionalized elastomer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion.

Functiontionalized elastomer

The present invention is directed to a method of making a graft copolymer, comprising the steps of:

A pneumatic tire having a tread, the tread comprising a rubber composition comprising: a copolymer comprising a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST); optionally, at least one additional diene based elastomer; and a filler selected from the group consisting of carbon black and silica.

Pneumatic tire

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a component, the component comprising a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and 1 to 100 phr of: The invention is further directed to the corresponding rubber compositions.

Pneumatic tire and rubber composition containing twin polymerization structures

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of apexes, flippers and chippers, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a polybenzobisoxazole (PBO) short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm having a thickness ranging from 10 to 30 microns, and from 1 to 50 phr of an epoxidized polyisoprene having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000.

Tire with component containing polybenzobisoxazole short fiber and epoxidized polyisoprene

The present invention is directed to a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising: a diene based elastomer; and a compound of formula I where Q is an n-valent organic group of 1 or more carbon atoms and optionally one or more of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, halogen, silicon, and phosphorus atoms;X is a divalent polymer group capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature;R is independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group of formula (II) where Z is a monovalent organic group of 1 or more carbon atoms and optionally one or more of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, halogen, silicon, and phosphorus atoms; andn is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The invention is further directed to a rubber composition comprising the reaction product of a diene based elastomer and a compound of formula I, and a pneumatic tire with a tread comprising the rubber composition.

A tire with a rubber containing component compound of a copolymer rubber having pendant hydroxyl groups; and a non-sulfur containing silane.

Tire with a component made of a rubber composition comprised of a rubber having pendant hydroxyl groups and a nonsulfur containing silane

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