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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Shinichi Miyazaki, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Kodama, Futtsu, JP;
Yasuo Sakai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Keisuke Aramaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yuichi Sano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kenichi Okamoto, Itami, JP;
Shinichi Miyazaki, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Kodama, Futtsu, JP;
Yasuo Sakai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Keisuke Aramaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yuichi Sano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kenichi Okamoto, Itami, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sumitomo (SEI) Steel Wire Corp., Itami-shi, JP;
Abstract
A rubber-cord complex having an improved wet heat adhesive property between a rubber and a cord comprising a drawn plated wire, and including a metal cord comprising a drawn plated wire prepared by providing a brass plated layer on the surface of an element wire and drawing the resulting plated wire, and a rubber vulcanized and bonded to the cord, wherein in a wet heat deterioration state of the drawn plated wire after being subjected to the vulcanization to bond the rubber thereto and further held under an atmosphere having a temperature of 50 to 100° C. and a humidity of 60 to 100% for one hour to 20 days, the average grain size of crystal grains present in the brass plated layer is not more than 50 nm, and the grain boundary of the crystal grains has a fractal dimension of 1.001 to 1.500.