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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin C. Galizio, Kent, OH (US);
Amy M. Randall, Akron, OH (US);
Melissa M. Clark, Woodland Park, CO (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 5/00 (2006.01); B60C 1/00 (2006.01); C08L 7/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/06 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01); C08L 3/02 (2006.01); C08L 9/00 (2006.01); C08L 21/00 (2006.01); C08L 89/00 (2006.01); C08L 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 5/005 (2013.01); B60C 1/0016 (2013.01); B60C 1/0025 (2013.01); C08K 3/04 (2013.01); C08L 1/14 (2013.01); C08L 3/02 (2013.01); C08L 7/00 (2013.01); C08L 9/00 (2013.01); C08L 9/06 (2013.01); C08L 21/00 (2013.01); C08L 89/00 (2013.01); C08J 2307/00 (2013.01); C08J 2309/06 (2013.01); C08J 2401/14 (2013.01); C08J 2403/02 (2013.01); C08J 2447/00 (2013.01); C08J 2489/00 (2013.01); C08L 2205/03 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to rubber compositions comprising at least one rubber, at least one reinforcing carbon black filler, and a whey protein component. The whey protein component is in an amount sufficient to provide about 0.1 to about 10 phr whey protein. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of preparing such rubber compositions and to tire components containing the rubber compositions disclosed herein.