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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Naohiro Sasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rubber composition and a pneumatic tire formed by using the rubber composition is provided which has excellent snow and ice control and braking performance on snowy and/or icy road surface and provides a satisfactory wet skid performance. The present invention is a rubber composition and pneumatic tire formed using the rubber composition in at least the tread portion thereof, the rubber composition comprising a 100 parts by weight of rubber component comprising (1) 5 percent by weight to 50 percent by weight of low molecular weight butadiene rubber (BR) having a cis 1,4-structure of 60 mol % to 98 mol % and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 5000 to 80000; and (2) 50 percent by weight to 90 percent by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) having a bound styrene content of 15 percent by weight to 45 percent by weight and amount of a vinyl bonding in the butadiene portion of 7 mol % to 60 mol %; and 40 parts by weight to 95 parts by weight of silica.