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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin James Pyle, Uniontown, OH (US);
Lawson Gibson Wideman, Hudson, OH (US);
Paul Harry Sandstrom, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Richard Robinson Smith, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/34 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a conjugated diene-based rubber composition reinforced with particulate silica-based reinforcement together with tetrathiodipropionic acid as a non-silane containing coupling agent to aid in the reinforcement of the rubber composition with a particulate silica-based material and an article of manufacture, including a tire, having at least one component comprised of such rubber composition.