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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2002
Chenchy Jeffrey Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
William Hergenrother, Akron, OH (US);
Daniel Graves, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Georg G. A. Böhm, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Chenchy Jeffrey Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
William Hergenrother, Akron, OH (US);
Daniel Graves, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Georg G. A. Böhm, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Bridgestone Corporation, 10-1, Kyobashi 1-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tire component including a tire tread that comprises a vulcanized rubber, a rubber filler, and a modified rubber, where the modified rubber i) contains pendent or functional groups that contain carboxylic acid or anhydride groups, ii) has pendently grafted thereto a polymerized metal salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, or iii) contains both i and ii. The use of such modified rubbers in tire components advantageously increases the G' of such components.