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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Noriko Yagi, Kobe, JP;
Kiyoshige Muraoka, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Noriko Yagi, Kobe, JP;
Kiyoshige Muraoka, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/00 (2006.01); C08L 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of compounding a modified, epoxidized natural rubber for use as a tire tread which includes the steps of modifying an epoxidized natural rubber containing a ring-opened epoxy group, compounding the modified, epoxidized natural rubber with another rubber, to form a rubber compound, together with silica and/or carbon black to form a rubber composition, and forming the rubber composition into a tire tread.