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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2006
Junko Kurazumi, Tokyo, JP;
Eiju Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a modified conjugated diene polymer that is prepared by polymerization of a conjugated diene compound using a catalyst containing a lanthanoid rare earth element compound in an organic solvent and then modifying the resulting polymer having an active organic metal site with a modifier, wherein the modification efficiency is not less than 15% and the cis-1,4 bond content in the conjugated diene moiety measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy satisfies the relationship (I):cis-1,4 bond content≧98.00(%)  (I),or the modification efficiency is not less than 75% and the cis-1,4 bond content in the conjugated diene moiety measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy satisfies the relationship (II):94.00(%)≦cis-1,4 bond content<98.00(%)  (II).The invention further provides a rubber composition containing the modified conjugated diene polymer and giving a tire exhibiting low heat build-up, satisfactory failure characteristics, and high abrasion resistance, and a tire composed of the rubber composition and exhibiting these characteristics.