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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Lawson Gibson Wideman, Hudson, OH (US);
Kevin James Pyle, Uniontown, OH (US);
Richard Robinson Smith, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Paul Harry Sandstrom, Tallmadge, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a conjugated diene-based rubber composition reinforced with particulate silica-based reinforcement together with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (a non-silane coupling agent) or a combination of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and bis(3-trialkoxysilylalkyl) polysulfide having an average of from 2 to 2.6, or from 3.5 to 4, sulfur atoms in its polysulfidic bridge 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.