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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2021
Kraton Polymers Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Jochem H. W. Vervelde, Almere, NL;
Jeremie G. Pichereau, Almere, NL;
Jeroen van Herrikhuyzen, Almere, NL;
Mark Schaapman, Almere, NL;
Pieter Eduard, Almere, NL;
KRATON CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a composition for use in tires. The rubber composition comprises a blend of a rubber component and based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber component, from 50 to 200 phr of a filler, from 0 to 25 phr of a plasticizer, and from 5 to 90 phr dimeric decarboxylated rosin (DDCR). The DDCR resin comprises 50 to 100 wt. % of polycyclic hydrocarbon compounds having one or more aliphatic, unsaturated, or aromatic groups, and 34-80 carbon atoms, with a molecular weight Mof 250-900 Da, a polydispersity index of 1.0-1.35, and an oxygen to carbon ratio of <5%.