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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yuka Yokoyama, Kobe, JP;
Shuichiro Ono, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a cap tread rubber composition for cold weather tires enabling a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, performance on ice/snow, and high-speed performance on snow-/ice-free cold roads, and a cold weather tire formed from the same. The rubber composition contains: a rubber component including BR, SBR, and NR and/or IR; and a filler, the composition having a combined amount of NR, IR, and BR of 80% by mass or more, an amount of BR of 30% by mass or more, and an amount of SBR of 0.3-10% by mass, each per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the filler including 60% by mass or more of silica per 100% by mass of the filler, the composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 50 parts by mass or more of a fine particle silica having a NSA of 190 m/g or more.