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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Takamasa Kitamura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Makio Mori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Naoki Kushida, Hiratsuka, JP;
Toshiaki Masuda, Yao, JP;
Kenichi Kitano, Yao, JP;
Yoshiaki Shirakabe, Yao, JP;
Takamasa Kitamura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Makio Mori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Naoki Kushida, Hiratsuka, JP;
Toshiaki Masuda, Yao, JP;
Kenichi Kitano, Yao, JP;
Yoshiaki Shirakabe, Yao, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rubber composition for a tire containing (i) 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber and (ii) 0.5 to 25 parts by weight of a heat-expandable microcapsule including a shell, and a substance capable of vaporizing or expanding under heating to thereby generate a gas and a nonpolar oil, both encapsulated in the shell,