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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Margaret McGuigan Flook, Kent, OH (US);
Inigo Gottker genannt Schnetmann, Konstanz, DE;
Hannes Leicht, Konstanz, DE;
Stefan Mecking, Konstanz, DE;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a copolymer of a monomer selected from the group consisting of 1,3-butadiene and isoprene, and a monomer of formula I wherein Ris phenylene, or a linear or branched alkane diyl group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a combination of one or more phenylene groups and one or more linear or branched alkane diyl groups containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Rand Rare independently phenyl or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or one of Rand Ris hydrogen and the other is phenyl or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or Rand Rtaken together with the nitrogen atom represent a nitrogen containing heterocyclic group containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms; and Ris hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms. The invention is further directed to a rubber composition including the copolymer, and a pneumatic tire containing the rubber composition. The invention is further directed to a method of making such a copolymer.