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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
George Jim Papakonstantopoulos, Medina, OH (US);
Bruce Raymond Hahn, Hudson, OH (US);
Assignee:
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 23/16 (2006.01); B60C 1/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 23/16 (2013.01); B60C 1/0016 (2013.01); B60C 1/0025 (2013.01); C08L 9/06 (2013.01); C08L 2203/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rubber composition for incorporation in an engineered article comprises, based on 100 parts by weight (phr) ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM) elastomer, from about 5 phr to about 100 phr reinforcing filler preferably comprising a prehydrophobated precipitated silica. In the contemplated embodiment, the EPDM has a diene content that is greater than five percent (5%). The diene also contains branching.