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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2007
Kazuyuki Nishioka, Kobe, JP;
Kazuyoshi Shiga, Kobe, JP;
Katsumi Terakawa, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-Shi, Kyogo-Ken, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving grip performance and abrasion resistance and a tire prepared by using the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises 0.5 to 150 parts by weight of thermoplastic polyurethane prepared from a conjugated diene polymer modified with hydroxyl groups at both ends thereof or an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer modified with hydroxyl groups at both ends thereof based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a diene rubber. The tire of the present invention is prepared by using the rubber composition.