The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Jean-Claude Joseph Kihn

Jean Nicolas Bergh

Marc Junio

Giorgio Agostini

Tom Dominique Linster

Jean-Paul Lambotte

Pierre Marie Dauvister

This invention relates to a tire with tread of rubber composition quantitatively reinforced with silica and containing only a minimal amount of carbon black, wherein the carbon black is characterized by having a DBP value in a range of about 280 to about 600 and an Iodine Number value in a range of about 550 to about 1200 and where carbon blacks having DBP and Iodine Numbers of less than such values are substantially excluded from the rubber composition.

Tire with silica reinforced tread which contains specified carbon black

The invention relates to a tire with a tread which is reinforced with a quantitative amount of silica, including a silica coupler, where the tread rubbers are of a blend comprised of styrene/isoprene/butadiene terpolymer rubber and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber or styrene/isoprene/butadiene terpolymer rubber, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and isoprene/butadiene copolymer rubber. Optionally, the rubber blend can contain a minor amount of cis 1,4-polyisoprene natural rubber.

Tire with silica reinforced tread

The invention relates to a tire with a tread which is reinforced with silica where the tread rubbers are of a blend of emulsion SBR with medium to high styrene content, isoprene/butadiene copolymer rubber, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and natural rubber.

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Hollenfels, Luxembourg

Jean-Claude Joseph Kihn