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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuyuki Nishioka, Kobe, JP;
Kenichi Uesaka, Kobe, JP;
Takahiro Kawachi, Kobe, JP;
Masako Nakatani, Kobe, JP;
Tatsuhiro Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Fumiya Kato, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition that can achieve balanced improvements in fuel economy and wet-grip performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a rubber component, silica, and a specific silane coupling agent, the rubber component containing, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, not less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene polymer containing a constituent unit based on a conjugated diene and a specific constituent unit, at least one terminal of the polymer being modified with a specific compound, the rubber composition containing the silica in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.