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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Filomeno Gennaro Corvasce, Mertzig, LU;
Danielle Lucas, Welsdorf, LU;
Jean-Paul Lambotte, Arlon, BE;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ; B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156123 ; 1522094 ; 1522095 ; 1561305 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tire with a rubber tread of a cap/base construction wherein the tread cap is designed to be ground-contacting, wherein the tread base underlies said tread cap, is not intended to be ground-contacting, and is a matrix composition composed of at least one elastomer where the matrix composition contains a dispersed micro inclusion made of a particulate, high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer and wherein the tread cap is composed of a blend of elastomers without such micro inclusion.