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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Lehigh Technologies, Inc., Tucker, GA (US);
Glenn Denstaedt, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Lehigh Technologies, Inc., Tucker, GA (US);
Abstract
This invention discloses a tire having crack resistant sidewalls which include a micronized rubber powder. These tires are comprised of a generally toroidal-shaped carcass with an outer circumferential tread, two spaced beads, at least one ply extending from bead to bead and sidewalls extending radially from and connecting said tread to said beads, wherein said tread is adapted to be ground-contacting, and wherein the sidewalls are comprised of 20 phr to 80 phr of natural rubber, 20 phr to 80 phr of polybutadiene rubber, and 3% over batch weight to 20% over batch weight of micronized rubber powder, wherein the micronized rubber powder has a particle size which is within the range of 40 Mesh to 300 Mesh.