Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Ryuichi Tokimune

Tatsuya Miyazaki

Ryota Kitago

Naoya Kitamura

Katsumi Terakawa

Soh Ishino

Shuichiro Ono

Masanobu Nakamura

Naoya Hashimoto

Kouji Kawaguchi

Mutsuki Sugimoto

Munenao Hirokami

Kazuo Hochi

Hiroyuki Kishimoto

Tetsuro Yamada

Masako Nakatani

Tsuyoshi Tsuchida

Masato Kawase

Yoji Imoto

Yasumasa Bito

Yuko Hinohara

Akinori Nagae

Provided are a method for manufacturing a rubber composition for a tire and a method for manufacturing a tire including this manufacturing method for the rubber composition in the present invention, which are characterized by including the steps of: starting to knead a rubber component, a sulfur donor, and a sulfur atom-containing vulcanization accelerator together before kneading the rubber component with a filler; and then adding a filler to an obtained kneaded product and performing kneading at a kneading temperature of 120&#xb0; C. or higher. According to the manufacturing methods of the present invention, a rubber composition for a tire and a tire which have good fracture property can be manufactured.

Method for manufacturing rubber composition for tire and method for manufacturing tire

Provided are: a rubber composition for tires that achieves a balanced improvement in handling stability, crack resistance, ozone resistance, discoloration resistance, tire appearance, fuel economy, tensile strength, and scorch resistance; and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The invention relates to a rubber composition for tires containing: a rubber component having a combined content of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 90% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of the rubber component; sulfur; and at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a Pluronic nonionic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant represented by the formula (1) below and/or a nonionic surfactant represented by the formula (2) below, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 2-70 parts by mass of carbon black and 1-5 parts by mass of silica, and being free of silane coupling agents, wherein Rrepresents a C6-C26 hydrocarbon group having an unsaturated bond, and d represents an integer, wherein Rand Rare the same or different and each represent a C6-C26 hydrocarbon group, and e represents an integer.

Rubber composition for tire, and pneumatic tire

The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which can improve crack resistance, ozone resistance, discoloration resistance, and tire appearance while maintaining a good balance between them, and also provides a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing a rubber component having a combined content of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 80% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component: 0.1 to 8.0 parts by mass of polyether (A) having a glycol ether content of 80% by mass or more and a HLB of 3.5 to 19.0, the polyether (A) excluding Pluronic nonionic surfactants; 2 to 70 parts by mass of carbon black; and 0.3 to 7.0 parts by mass of an antioxidant.

Rubber composition for tires, and pneumatic tire

Provided are a rubber composition for tires which achieves both abrasion resistance and processability while maintaining fuel economy, and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. A rubber composition for tires, containing an organosilicon compound represented by the average compositional formula (I) below having a ratio of the number of sulfur atoms to the number of silicon atoms of 1.0 to 1.5, wherein x represents the average number of sulfur atoms; m represents an integer of 6 to 12; and Rto Rare the same or different and each represent a C1-C6 alkyl or alkoxy group, at least one of Rto Rand at least one of Rto Rare the alkoxy groups, and two or more of the alkyl or alkoxy groups for Rto Rmay be joined to form a ring.

Rubber composition for tires and pneumatic tire

The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition for tires that can improve processability, crack resistance, ozone resistance, discoloration resistance, and tire appearance while maintaining a good balance between them, and also to provide a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing: a rubber component; an antioxidant; and polyether, the rubber component having a combined content of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 80% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing the antioxidant in an amount of 0.3 to 7.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the polyether having an average mass content of at least two consecutive polyethylene oxide units of 85% or less of the polyethylene oxide mass content of the polyether.

Provided is a rubber composition for tires which can prevent discoloration and improve ozone resistance while maintaining or improving good elongation at break, and further can be produced with high efficiency. Also provided are a pneumatic tire formed from the same, and a method for producing the same. Included is a rubber composition for tires, including: a rubber component; a phenylenediamine antioxidant; and a masterbatch, the masterbatch containing a specific nonionic surfactant and a silica having a BET value of 40-250 m/g at a mass ratio of 1:5 to 1:0.15, the rubber component containing a diene rubber in an amount of 70-100% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition including, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1.0-10.0 parts by mass of the phenylenediamine antioxidant and 0.1-5.0 parts by mass of the nonionic surfactant introduced in the form of the masterbatch.

Rubber composition for tire, pneumatic tire, and method for manufacturing rubber composition for tire

A method for manufacturing a rubber composition includes kneading a rubber component, an inorganic filler and a thioester-based silane coupling agent, and adding a vulcanizing agent and one or more compounds selected from the group of an imide compound and an N-oxyl compound to a mixture of the rubber component, the inorganic filler, and the thioester-based silane coupling agent such that the vulcanizing agent and the imide compound and/or the N-oxyl compound are kneaded with the mixture including the rubber component, the inorganic filler, and the thioester-based silane coupling agent.

Rubber composition manufacturing method and pneumatic tire

Provided are a rubber composition for tires preventing discoloration and improving ozone resistance while maintaining or improving good elongation at break and good fuel economy, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition for tires including: a rubber component including at least one selected from the group consisting of a specific non-oil extended polybutadiene rubber and a specific oil extended polybutadiene rubber; a phenylenediamine antioxidant; a specific nonionic surfactant; and carbon black and/or silica, the rubber composition having an amount of diene rubber of 70-100% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition having an amount of the phenylenediamine antioxidant of 1.0-8.0 parts by mass, an amount of the nonionic surfactant of 0.1-5.0 parts by mass, and a combined amount of carbon black and silica of 20-45 parts by mass, each per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Tire rubber composition 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.

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.

The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires capable of improving discoloration resistance and tire appearance while maintaining or improving good fuel economy, good abrasion resistance, and good performance on ice, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing a Pluronic nonionic surfactant in an amount of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition having a combined amount of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 70% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, and the rubber composition containing sulfur.

Provided are a tread rubber composition that can achieve a balanced improvement in fuel economy, wet-grip performance, and abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire including the composition. The tread rubber composition includes: a rubber component; silica; and a silane-coupling agent containing a mercapto group, the rubber component including per 100% by mass thereof 5% by mass or more of a conjugated diene polymer (A), the polymer (A) including a monomer unit derived from a conjugated diene, a monomer unit derived from a compound of formula (1), and a monomer unit derived from a compound of formula (2), at least one end of the copolymer (A) being modified by the following compound (G) or an alkoxysilane compound, the composition including 5-150 parts by mass of the silica per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, Compound (G): at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds containing an optionally-substituted amino group and a carbonyl group and compounds containing an optionally-substituted amino group and a thiocarbonyl group,V-S&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)V-A&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)wherein Vand Veach represent a hydrocarbyl group containing a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; Srepresents a substituted silyl group, and Arepresents a substituted amino group or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group.

Tread rubber composition and pneumatic tire

Provided are a rubber composition for tires preventing discoloration and improving ozone resistance while maintaining or improving good elongation at break, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition for tires including: a rubber component; a naturally occurring wax containing 40-98% by mass of an ester component; a phenylenediamine antioxidant and/or a quinone antioxidant; and a specific nonionic surfactant, the rubber composition having an amount of diene rubber of 70-100% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition having an amount of the naturally occurring wax of 0.01-5.0 parts by mass, an amount of petroleum-derived wax of 0-6.0 parts by mass, a combined amount of the phenylenediamine antioxidant and the quinone antioxidant of 1.0-8.0 parts by mass, and an amount of the nonionic surfactant of 0.1-5.0 parts by mass, each per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

The present invention provides a rubber composition that enables to improve the fuel economy, wet-grip performance, abrasion resistance, and processability in a balanced manner, and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing silica and a conjugated diene polymer, the conjugated diene polymer being obtained by reacting a compound containing a nitrogen atom and/or a silicon atom with an active end of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer component including a conjugated diene compound and a silicon-containing vinyl compound using a polymerization initiator represented by the following formula (I): wherein an amount of the conjugated diene polymer is not more than 90% by mass based on 100% by mass of a rubber component of the rubber composition, and an amount of the silica is 10 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Rubber composition and pneumatic tire

Provided are: a rubber composition achieving balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and processability, and a pneumatic tire including the composition. The rubber composition includes: a conjugated diene polymer; silica; and a silane coupling agent, the polymer being obtained by polymerizing a monomer component including a conjugated diene compound and a silicon-containing vinyl compound in the presence of a polymerization initiator of formula (I): to produce a copolymer, and reacting a compound containing nitrogen and/or silicon atoms with an active terminal of the copolymer, wherein the rubber composition contains the conjugated diene polymer in an amount of 5-45% by mass per 100% by mass of a rubber component, the silica in an amount of 5 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the coupling agent in an amount of 2-12 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the silica.

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