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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
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
The present invention relates to a rubber composition which contains reinforcement selected from at least one of synthetic amorphous silica, carbon black and silica treated carbon black, non-alkoxysilane containing coupling agent, wherein at least one of said reinforcements is pre-treated prior to its addition to said rubber composition with at least one of an alkylsilane hydrophobating agent and/or non-alkoxysilane containing coupling agent, and to articles of manufacture, including tires, having at least one component comprised of such rubber composition.