Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

Masanobu Nakamura

Tatsuya Miyazaki

Ryuichi Tokimune

Takayuki Hattori

Toshiaki Sakaki

Kazuo Hochi

Takao Wada

Yuka Yokoyama

Takayuki Nagase

Soh Ishino

Ryota Kitago

Toshikazu Kondo

Masaki Oshimo

Yuhei Yamashiro

Akira Minagoshi

Seiji Hatano

Yuuki Kawana

Kouhei Tanaka

Kenichiro Ogata

The present invention aims to provide pneumatic tires that can achieve both abrasion resistance and low heat build-up properties. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing: a rubber component including an isoprene-based rubber and a high-cis polybutadiene rubber having a cis content of 90% by mass or more; one or more types of carbon black; and sulfur, at least one of the one or more types of carbon black being produced from a feedstock oil that has a BMCI value of 150 or less and an aliphatic hydrocarbon content of 30% by mass or more, the BMCI value being calculated from the average boiling point T (&#xb0; C.) and the specific gravity D (60/60&#xb0; F.) relative to water at 60&#xb0; F. according to the equation below,=48,640/(+273)+473.7&#x2212;456.8.

Rubber composition and pneumatic tire

Provided are a rubber composition for tires that shows a balanced improvement in properties such as fuel economy, processability, heat aging resistance, abrasion resistance, wet-grip performance, performance on snow and ice, and handling stability, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing: a highly purified, modified natural rubber having a pH adjusted to 2-7; carbon black and/or a white filler; and a styrene-butadiene rubber having a styrene content of 30% by mass or more, and also relates to a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition.

Rubber composition for tires and pneumatic tire

Provided are a rubber composition for tires, capable of improving discoloration resistance and tire appearance while maintaining good handling stability, crack resistance, and ozone resistance or improving these properties, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires including a rubber component having a combined amount of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 90% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of a rubber component; sulfur; a pluronic nonionic surfactant in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and carbon black in an amount of 2 to 70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Rubber composition for tires, and pneumatic tire

The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition, wherein the rubber composition can improve discoloration resistance and tire appearance while maintaining or improving good fuel economy and good abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires containing a rubber component containing styrene-butadiene rubber in an amount of 30 to 100% by mass based on 100% by mass of the rubber component; a Pluronic-type nonionic surfactant; and sulfur, the rubber composition for tires having a combined amount of carbon black and silica of 20 to 140 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

A rubber composition for tire inhibits increase in a Mooney viscosity and has satisfactory processability, abrasion resistance and mechanical strength. The rubber composition for tire comprises: 10 to 120 parts by mass of silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 150 m/g or more, based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, and 1 to 25 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent comprising a polysulfide coupling agent represented by the following formula (1), based on 100 parts by mass of the silica, wherein the polysulfide coupling agent comprises 83 to 87% by mass of disulfide of x=2 measured by high performance liquid chromatography and has a pH value of 7.7 to 8.2, (wherein x is an integer of 1 or more and has a distribution).

Rubber composition for tire and tire

The present invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving the rubber strength and fuel economy in a balanced manner, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition including a rubber component, carbon black, and a compound represented by formula (I) below, wherein the amount of the carbon black is 10 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component: wherein Rand Rare the same as or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 alkenyl group, or a C1-C20 alkynyl group; Mrepresents a metal ion; and r represents a valence of the metal ion.

The present invention provides a rubber composition that improves in terms of the fuel economy of a rubber composition containing an isoprene-based rubber and also offers favorable durability and favorable processability or adhesion to steel cords, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a bead apex, sidewall packing, base tread, or breaker cushion, including: a specific rubber component; a specific amount of a specific carbon black; a specific amount of sulfur; and a specific amount of a compound represented by formula (I) below. The present invention also relates to a rubber composition for a steel cord topping, strip adjacent to steel cords, or tie gum, including: a specific rubber component; a specific amount of a specific carbon black; a specific amount of an organic acid cobalt salt; and a specific amount of a compound represented by the formula (I). 

Rubber compositions for bead apex, sidewall packing, base tread, breaker cushion, steel cord topping, strip adjacent to steel cords, tie gum, and sidewall, and pneumatic tires

The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tread which improves in terms of the fuel efficiency of a rubber composition containing an isoprene-based rubber and also offers favorable abrasion resistance and elongation at break, and a pneumatic tire comprising a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tread, comprising: a rubber component; a specific amount of a carbon black having a predetermined nitrogen adsorption specific surface area; a specific amount of sulfur; and a specific amount of a compound represented by formula (I) below, the rubber component comprising specific amounts of an isoprene-based rubber and a high-cis butadiene rubber having a predetermined cis content: 

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Masanobu Nakamura