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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Frank Schmitz, Bissen, LU;
Claude Charles Jacoby, Luxembourg, LU;
Marc Weydert, Strassen, LU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/00 (2006.01); B60C 11/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The plasticity of a tread composition may advantageously be increased by incorporating, for example, a relatively small amount of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene ('UHMWPE'). A tread cap composition, in accordance with the principles of the invention, may be a composition resulting from the combination of components including: a sulfur-vulcanizable elastomer containing olefinic unsaturation; a reinforcing filler; a mineral oil softener; a silane coupling agent; and an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene ('UHMWPE').