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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giorgio Agostini, Colmar-Berg, LU;
Pierre Marie Dauvister, Arlon, BE;
Jean-Claude Joseph Kihn, Hollenfels, LU;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ; C09C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524496 ; 524495 ; 524493 ; 4234491 ; 252511 ; 1522 / ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a tire with tread of rubber composition quantitatively reinforced with silica and containing only a minimal amount of carbon black, wherein the carbon black is characterized by having a DBP value in a range of about 280 to about 600 and an Iodine Number value in a range of about 550 to about 1200 and where carbon blacks having DBP and Iodine Numbers of less than such values are substantially excluded from the rubber composition.