Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

Tomoaki Hirayama

Takayuki Hattori

Takao Wada

Mamoru Uchida

Tetsuya Kunisawa

Keiji Ikeda

Noboru Wakabayashi

Takehiro Tomita

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 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.

Rubber composition for tread and tire comprising thereof

A rubber composition for an inner liner improving rolling resistance performance of a tire and further improving processability is provided. A rubber composition for an inner liner comprising at least 30 parts by weight of silica having a BET specific surface area of less than 150 m/g and at most 5 parts by weight or less of carbon black based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a natural rubber and a tire having an inner liner comprising the same.

Rubber composition for inner liner and tire comprising the same

There is provided a rubber composition in which strength and weather resistance are improved and the use of petroleum resource is suppressed as much as possible, and a tire comprising thereof. A rubber composition comprising 3 to 12 parts by weight of a pigment derived from resources other than petroleum, 10 parts by weight or less of carbon black and 30 parts by weight or more of silica based on 100 parts by weight of rubber components comprising an epoxidized natural rubber and/or a natural rubber.

Rubber composition and tire comprising thereof

There is provided a rubber composition for a side wall, wherein an amount ratio of resources other than petroleum are increased so as to be ecological and take measures for the decrease in supply of petroleum in the future, which further has excellent flex crack resistance and strength. A rubber composition for a side wall comprising 20 to 60 parts by weight of silica based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising 40 to 80% by weight of a natural rubber and 60 to 20% by weight of at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of a butadiene rubber, a styrene-butadiene rubber and an epoxidized natural rubber, and 4 to 16 parts by weight of a silane compound represented by the following formula:X&#x2014;Si&#x2014;Y(wherein X represents an ethoxy group or a methoxy group, and Y represents a phenyl group or an alkyl group) based on 100 parts by weight of silica.

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Kobe, Japan

Tomoaki Hirayama