The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Michael B Rodgers

Adel Farhan Halasa

Wen-Liang Hsu

Barry A Matrana

Ram Murthy Krishnan

Stanley M Mezynski

Joseph A Kuczkowski

Kevin L Rollick

Paul Harry Sandstrom

Lewis Timothy Lukich

Bina Patel Botts

Joel L Cox

Ray Eugene Beery

John Kotanides, Jr

Neil Arthur Maly

John R White

Bill B Gross

Jennifer Lyn Ryba

David Michael Smith, Sr

Larry Ashley Gordon

Jennifer Leigh Gabor

Ronald James Dill

Glenn Charles Rabatin

The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track. The invention particularly relates to such track having hard rubber guide lugs with a softer guide support layer. It is to be appreciated that such guide lugs may also be positively driven drive lugs. The invention further relates to a vehicle having such track.

Endless rubber track having guide lugs with guide lug support layer, and vehicle containing such track

This invention relates to a pneumatic tire with puncture sealing property and a method for preparing such tire. Such tire is prepared by building an uncured butyl rubber-based layer, which contains a peroxide and a dispersion therein of a particulate precured rubber selected from pre resin-cured butyl rubber and/or pre sulfur-cured diene-based elastomer, into an uncured tire and between an innerliner layer and the tire carcass. Upon curing the prepared tire under conditions of elevated temperature, a major portion of the uncured butyl rubber composition is depolymerized to form a tacky material, which contains said dispersion therein of said particulate precured rubber, which has puncture sealant properties. Such layer of depolymerized butyl rubber and dispersed precured rubber particles may be collectively referred to as the sealant layer.

Self-sealing pneumatic tire and preparation thereof

The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track designed for extreme cold temperature working environment. The invention particularly relates to such track having a combination of tread, supporting carcass and guide lug components of rubber compositions intended for such purpose.

Cold environment endless rubber track and vehicle containing such track

The invention relates to a two part endless vehicular rubber track comprised of a polyurethane based tread component and a rubber carcass component. In one aspect, the tread component may be comprised of a sulfur curable polyurethane or blend of sulfur curable polyurethane and sulfur curable elastomer. The invention includes a vehicle containing such track.

Endless two part rubber track comprised of polyurethane based tread component and rubber carcass component and vehicle containing such track

The invention relates to an endless vehicular rubber track. The invention particularly relates to such track having a ground-contacting tread component of a rubber composition.

Endless rubber track and vehicle containing such track

The invention relates to a truck or bus tire with a rubber tread of cap/base construction where the tread cap is composed of an emulsion polymerization prepared styrene/butadiene copolymer elastomer with a relatively random styrene content (E-SBR-A). Such E-SBR-A, in its uncured state, also has a relatively low Tg. In one aspect, the tire tread's tread cap may also be a blend of elastomers such as cis 1,4-polybutadiene and/or natural rubber together with said E-SBR-A and wherein the tread base elastomer is composed primarily of natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber. In another aspect of the invention, said tread cap has a tread design composed of at least three circumferential continuous ribs designed to be road contacting, said ribs independently separated by continuous, circumferential grooves.

Truck tire with cap/base construction tread

This invention relates to bis-(2,5-polythio-1,3,4-thiadiazoles), a method for their preparation and their use in rubber compounds. Use of these compounds provide for excellent vulcanization of rubbers and result in an improved final rubber vulcanizate possessing good physical properties.

Bis-(2,5-polythio-1,3,4-thiadiazoles), rubbers containing such

Bis-(2,5-polythio-1,3-4-thiadiazoles), rubbers containing such

The subject invention discloses an isoprenebutadiene rubber which is particularly valuable for use in making truck tire treads, said rubber being comprised of repeat units which are derived from about 20 weight percent to about 50 weight percent isoprene and from about 50 weight percent to about 80 weight percent 1,3-butadiene, wherein the repeat units derived from isoprene and 1,3-butadiene are in essentially random order, wherein from about 3% to about 10% of the repeat units in said rubber are 1,2-polybutadiene units, wherein from about 50% to about 70% of the repeat units in said rubber are 1,4-polybutadiene units, wherein from about 1% to about 4% of the repeat units in said rubber are 3,4-polyisoprene units, wherein from about 25% to about 40% of the repeat units in the polymer are 1,4-polyisoprene units, wherein the rubber has a glass transition temperature which is within the range of about -90.degree. C. to about -75.degree. C., and wherein the rubber has a Mooney viscosity which is within the range of about 55 to about 140. The isoprene-butadiene rubber of this invention will preferably have a Mooney viscosity which is within the range of about 85 to about 130 and will more preferably have a Mooney viscosity which is within the range of about 115 to about 125.

Isoprene-butadiene rubber

The subject invention discloses a styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber which is particularly valuable for use in making truck tire treads, said rubber being comprised of repeat units which are derived from about 5 weight percent to about 20 weight percent styrene, from about 7 weight percent to about 35 weight percent isoprene, and from about 55 weight percent to about 88 weight percent 1,3-butadiene, wherein the repeat units derived from styrene, isoprene and 1,3-butadiene are in essentially random order, wherein from about 25% to about 40% of the repeat units derived from the 1,3-butadiene are of the cis-microstructure, wherein from about 40% to about 60% of the repeat units derived from the 1,3-butadiene are of the trans-microstructure, wherein from about 5% to about 25% of the repeat units derived from the 1,3-butadiene are of the vinyl-microstructure, wherein from about 75% to about 90% of the repeat units derived from the isoprene are of the 1,4-microstructure, wherein from about 10% to about 25% of the repeat units derived from the isoprene are of the 3,4-microstructure, wherein the rubber has a glass transition temperature which is within the range of about -90.degree. C. to about -70.degree. C., wherein the rubber has a number average molecular weight which is within the range of about 150,000 to about 400,000, wherein the rubber has a weight average molecular weight of about 300,000 to about 800,000, and wherein the rubber has an inhomogeneity which is within the range of about 0.5 to about 1.5.

Styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber

This invention relates to bis-(2,5-polythio-1,3,4-thiadiaxoles), a method for their preparation and their use in rubber compounds. Use of these compounds provide for excellent vulcanization of rubbers and result in an improved final rubber vulcanizate possessing good physical properties.

Process for preparing styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber

The subject invention discloses a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) which is particularly valuable for use in making truck tire treads, said rubber being comprised of repeat units which are derived from about 10 weight percent to about 20 weight percent styrene and from about 80 weight percent to about 90 weight percent 1,3-butadiene, wherein the repeat units derived from styrene and 1,3-butadiene have a sequence distribution wherein at least about 55% of the styrene repeat units are in blocks of only one styrene repeat unit, wherein at least about 75% of the styrene repeat units are in blocks of 1 or 2 repeat units, and wherein at least about 5% of the styrene repeat units are in blocks of more than 8 repeat units, wherein from about 32% to about 40% of the repeat units derived from the 1,3-butadiene are of the cis-microstructure, wherein from about 50% to about 60% of the repeat units derived from the 1,3-butadiene are of the trans-microstructure, wherein from about 6% to about 15% of the repeat units derived from the 1,3-butadiene are of the vinyl-microstructure, wherein the rubber has a glass transition temperature which is within the range of about -85.degree. C. to about -70.degree. C., wherein the rubber has a number average molecular weight which is within the range of about 150,000 to about 400,000, wherein the rubber has a weight average molecular weight of about 300,000 to about 800,000, and wherein the rubber has an inhomogeneity which is within the range of about 0.5 to about 1.5.

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Michael B Rodgers