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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology;
Benoit Duez, Mamer, LU;
Pascal Patrick Steiner, Vichten, LU;
Philippe Schmit, Chantemelle, BE;
Georges Marcel Victor Thielen, Schouweiler, LU;
Ahilan Manisekaran, Esch-sur-Alzette, LU;
Jean-Sébastien Thomann, Esch-sur-Alzette, LU;
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a rubber composition comprising at least rubber, and reinforcement materials, the reinforcement materials comprising silica particles and Kraft lignin nanoparticles, wherein the phr ratio between the silica particles and Kraft lignin nanoparticles is ranging between 3 and 20; wherein the Kraft lignin nanoparticles have an average diameter size ranging between 10 and 100 nm as determined by scanning electron microscopy; and wherein the Kraft lignin nanoparticles have a glass transition temperature of at least 150° C. as determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry.