Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

Takao Wada

Tomoaki Hirayama

Mamoru Uchida

Takayuki Hattori

Toshiro Matsuo

Naoya Ichikawa

Naohiko Kikuchi

Kiyoshige Muraoka

Yuka Yokoyama

Tetsuya Kunisawa

Yuichi Saito

Ai Matsuura

Shuichi Sakamoto

Keitaro Fujikura

Shinichi Miyazaki

Toshiaki Sakaki

Kazuo Hochi

Hiroshi Ito

Takayuki Nagase

Ryota Kitago

Soh Ishino

Yoichi Mizuno

Masanobu Nakamura

Keiji Ikeda

Masaki Oshimo

Yuhei Yamashiro

Toru Iizuka

Masato Kawase

Noboru Wakabayashi

Keiichi Nakadera

Yuuki Kawana

Jun Okamoto

Ritsuo Nakayasu

Yukio Isobe

Takehiro Tomita

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

The present invention provides a synthesis system that can synthesize aniline and/or styrene efficiently, a synthesis system that can synthesize butadiene (1,3-butadiene) efficiently, a rubber chemical for a tire which is synthesized from the aniline obtained by the synthesis system, a synthetic rubber for a tire which is synthesized from the styrene and/or butadiene obtained by the synthesis systems, and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber chemical for a tire and/or the synthetic rubber for a tire. The present invention relates to a synthesis system for synthesizing aniline and/or styrene from an alcohol having two or more carbon atoms via an aromatic compound.

Synthesis system, rubber chemical substance for tires, synthetic rubber for tires, and pneumatic tire

The present invention provides rubber compositions for tires which are capable of improving handling stability, fuel efficiency, and processability while sufficiently reducing the dependence on petroleum resources, and pneumatic tires including tire components (e.g. bead apex) formed from the rubber compositions for tires. The present invention relates to rubber compositions for tires, containing a rubber component and a naturally derived phenolic resin.

Rubber composition for tires and pneumatic tire

The objective of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire that can desirably prevent generation of static electricity between the road face and the tire, while maintaining a low rolling resistance, so that the safety in use is further improved. In pneumatic tire of the present invention, each of tread rubber, breaker rubber and sidewall rubber that are respectively formed on a tread section, a breaker section and a sidewall section has a volume resistivity of 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm or more, with a conductive layer having a volume resistivity smaller than 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm and a thickness in a range from 0.2 to 2.0 mm being formed between a carcass ply forming the carcass and the sidewall rubber, and at least either conductive layer or a rubber cement layer that is formed so as to be made in contact with conductive layer and has a volume resistivity lower than that of the tread rubber is exposed to the surface of the tire.

Pneumatic tire having conductive layer and rubber cement layer

A rubber composition for a tire includes a rubber component containing at least one of a natural rubber and an epoxidized natural rubber, silica and a natural based wax, wherein the silica is contained in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component and the natural based wax is contained in an amount of 1.2% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less based on the total mass of the rubber composition for a tire, and to a tread, a side wall, a clinch and a tire using the rubber composition. A rubber composition for a base tread used to form a base tread of a tire, the rubber composition includes a rubber component composed of a diene based rubber, silica contained in an amount 20 parts by mass or more and 70 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component consisting of a diene based rubber and a natural based wax contained in an amount of 2 parts by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of said rubber component composed of the diene based rubber, and to a base tread and a tire obtained by using the rubber composition for a base tread.

Rubber composition for tire, tire member, base tread rubber composition, base tread and tire

A pneumatic tire capable of reducing rolling resistance and discharging static electricity generated during running, wherein each of a tread rubber, a breaker rubber, and a sidewall rubber formed on the tread part, the breaker part, and the sidewall part, respectively, has a volume specific resistivity of 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm or more, the pneumatic tire further including a conduction rubber embedded in the tread part so as to be at least partially exposed to a surface of the tread part, bead part rubber disposed at a region contacting a rim flange of the bead part, and electroconductive rubber electrically connecting the conduction rubber to the beat part rubber, wherein each of the conduction rubber, the bead part rubber, and the electroconductive rubber has a volume specific resistivity of less than 10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm.

Pneumatic tire

The present invention has its object to provide a rubber composition for a tread which can prevent reversion and can also achieve environmental performance (excellent rolling resistance, response to depletion of oil resources, attention to COemission), wet grip performance, dry grip performance, handling stability, and durability (abrasion resistance, crack resistance) in a well-balanced manner. The present invention also aims to provide a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition for the tread thereof. The rubber composition for a tread includes a rubber component containing 35% by mass or more of an epoxidized natural rubber; and a white filler, wherein a total sulfur content is less than 1.75% by mass, and a crosslink density is 7.0&#xd7;10mol/cmor more.

Rubber composition for tread and pneumatic tire

It is an object of the present invention to provide a tire rubber composition and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber composition, which improve mechanical strength, abrasion resistance, rolling resistance, wet grip performance, and dry grip performance in good balance. The present invention relates to a tire rubber composition comprising: a rubber component that contains a modified diene rubber; and a silica component that contains a silica surface-treated with a silane coupling agent, wherein the amount of the modified diene rubber in 100% by mass of the rubber component is 15% by mass or more, and the dispersion ratio of the silica component is 70% or higher.

Tire rubber composition and pneumatic tire

Accumulation of static electricity is prevented while enhancing rolling resistance performance of tire. Tread rubberG has tread rubber bodyforming tread ground contact surfaceS, under treaddisposed radially inward of the tread rubber body, and terminal portionpenetrating the tread rubber body in the radial direction, the under treadbeing in contact with cushion rubberseach having cushion main portionA interposed between edge portionE of tread-reinforcing layerand carcassover an overlap width Wof 1 mm or more. Tread rubber body, topping rubberG of tread-reinforcing layerand sidewall rubbersG are made of an insulating rubber materialhaving a volume resistivity of at least 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm, and under tread, terminal portion, cushion rubber, topping rubberG of carcassand chafer rubberare made of a conductive rubber material having a volume resistivity of less than 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm.

Pneumatic tire with electrically conductive rubber material

A rubber composition for coating a steel cord, in which processability, durability and adhesive condition can be improved with favorable balance, and a tire using the rubber composition are provided. The rubber composition for coating a steel cord comprises 40 to 70 parts by weight of silica having a nitrogen adsorbing-specific surface area of 100 to 200 m/g, 1 to 15 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, 12 to 20 parts by weight of zinc oxide, 3.5 to 5 parts by weight of sulfur, and an organic cobalt in an amount of 0.05 to 0.3 part by weight, converted into metal cobalt amount, on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a rubber component, and a tire is prepared using the rubber composition.

Rubber composition for coating steel cord and tire using the same

The present invention provides a rubber composition for coating a textile cord, and a tire using the rubber composition, wherein rolling resistance is lowered, and processability and rubber strength are excellent, as compared with a rubber composition for coating a textile cord comprising raw materials derived from petroleum resources as a main component, and a tire using the rubber composition, while considering environments and providing for the future decrease in petroleum resources supply. The rubber composition for coating a textile cord comprises 25 to 80 parts by mass of silica and 1 to 15 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent on the basis of 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, wherein a nitrogen adsorbing-specific surface area of said silica is 70 to 150 m/g.

Rubber composition for coating textile cord and tire using the same

The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire which makes it possible to consider an effect on environment, prepare for decrease in supply quantity of petroleum in future and improve weather resistance and rubber strength in good balance, and a tire prepared by using the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises not less than 20 parts by weight of a silica, not more than 5 parts by weight of a carbon black and 2 to 20 parts by weight of a turpentine soot and/or lamp black having an average particle diameter of not more than 1,000 nm, based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a natural rubber and/or an epoxidized natural rubber, and a tire prepared by using the rubber composition.

Rubber composition and tire using same

There is provided a rubber composition for a tread having excellent hardness and improving the processability and grip performance of a tire, and a tire comprising thereof. A rubber composition for a tread comprising 30 to 80 parts by weight of silica having a BET specific surface area of less than 150 m/g and 10 parts by weight or less of carbon black based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising an epoxidized natural rubber, and a tire comprising thereof.

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Kobe, Japan

Takao Wada