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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Compagmie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.a., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Anthony Derbin Cato, Greenville, SC (US);
Raymond Stubblefield, Greenville, SC (US);
Xavier Saintigny, Greenville, SC (US);
Olivier Piffard, Greenville, SC (US);
Anthony Derbin Cato, Greenville, SC (US);
Raymond Stubblefield, Greenville, SC (US);
Xavier Saintigny, Greenville, SC (US);
Olivier Piffard, Greenville, SC (US);
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A tire tread formed at least in part from a rubber composition that is based upon a cross-linkable rubber composition that may include between 50 phr and 90 phr of a first highly unsaturated elastomer being middle chain functionalized with an aminoalkoxysilane group and having a Tg of between −108° C. and −45° C. and between 10 phr and 50 phr of a second highly unsaturated elastomer being end-chain functionalized with a silanol group and having a Tg of between −108° C. and −10° C. The rubber composition may further include between 50 phr and 150 phr of a silica filler and a plasticizing system comprising between 5 phr and 120 phr of a plasticizing resin having a Tg of at least 25° C. and between 0 phr and 60 phr of a plasticizing liquid.