The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Ralf Mruk

Frank Schmitz

Robert Fokko Roskamp

Annette Lechtenboehmer

Alexandra Hermann

Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon

Liqing Ma

Bruce Raymond Hahn

Christian Jean-Marie Kaes

Georges Marcel Victor Thielen

Frank James Feher

Giorgio Agostini

Uwe Ernst Frank

Pascal Patrick Steiner

Rudolf Wilhelm Zentel

William Paul Francik

Claude Ernest Felix Boes

Claude Schweitzer

James Gregory Gillick

Andreas Frantzen

Carolin Anna Welter

Tang Hong Wong

Carlo Kanz

Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff

Ling Du

Leena Nebhani

Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer

Dinesh Chandra

Lauren Elizabeth Brace

Christian Kaes

Hans-Bernd Fuchs

Anthony Hardy

Wolfgang Albert Leo Loesslein

Klaus Unseld

Raphael Beck

Klaus Schulmeister

Jerome Delville

Peter Cornelius Maus

Julia Martine Françoise Claudine Tahon

Yves Donckels

Mustafa Göksoy

The invention relates to rubber comprised of a reaction product of at least one diene-based elastomer, branched polyethylenimine oligomer and filler reinforcement comprised of at least one of rubber reinforcing carbon black and precipitated silica. The invention further relates to a tire with a component comprised of such rubber composition.

Rubber comprised of product of diene-based elastomer, branched polyethylenimine oligomer and reinforcing filler, and tire with component

The present invention is directed to a method of making a cord-reinforced rubber article, comprising the steps of

Atmospheric plasma treatment of reinforcement cords and use in rubber articles

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 polymer blend, the blend including a diene-based elastomer grafted with a substituted acrylamide polymer through a sulfur atom, and from 1 to 20 percent by weight of an additional polymer miscible with the substituted acrylamide polymer.

Blend of a graft copolymer and a second polymer miscible with sidechains of the 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 invention relates to preparation of rubber reinforced with at least one of graphene and carbon nanotubes with specialized coupling agent and tire with component thereof.

Preparation of rubber reinforced with at least one of graphene and carbon nanotubes with specialized coupling agent and tire with component

There is disclosed a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising: where R, Rand Rare independently C1 to C8 alkyl or C1 to C8 alkoxy, with the proviso that at least two of R, Rand Rare C1 to C8 alkoxy; Ris C1 to C8 alkyl; Si is silicon; S is sulfur; and Z is Ror of formula II where Ris alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl;

The present invention is directed to a self-healing 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 partitioned metal ion. The invention is further directed to a pneumatic tire comprising the self-healing rubber composition.

Self-healing rubber composition and tire

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a polymer blend comprising a copolymer and an additional polymer, the 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 immiscible with the backbone; the additional polymer consisting of a polymer miscible with the polymeric sidechains.

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:

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