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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Takashi Nakamura, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuya Kunisawa, Kobe, JP;
Toshiro Matsuo, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lightweight tire with reduced rolling resistance and improved steering stability without decreasing tire durability, said tire containing a sidewall made of a rubber composition including 20 to 70 parts by weight of an inorganic filler, and 5 to 35 parts by weight of polypropylene powder, based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component, which satisfies the following equation: (amount of polypropylene powder).gtoreq.(amount of inorganic filler+amount of polypropylene powder)/2.