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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Wen-liang Hsu, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Shingo Futamura, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Kuo-chih Hua, Richfield, OH (US);
Kenneth Allen Bates, Brunswick, OH (US);
Ping Zhang, Hudson, OH (US);
Wen-Liang Hsu, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Shingo Futamura, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Kuo-Chih Hua, Richfield, OH (US);
Kenneth Allen Bates, Brunswick, OH (US);
Ping Zhang, Hudson, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a tire having at least one component comprised of a rubber composition which contains a hydrophobated, pre-silanized silica, namely a pre-silanized silica hydrophobated with an epoxidized soybean oil and/or epoxidized rubber tree seed oil in situ within said rubber composition. Such tire component may be, for example although not limited to, a tire tread, sidewall and/or sidewall insert.