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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Liqing Ma, Fairlawn, OH (US);
Robert Fokko Roskamp, Trier, DE;
Ralf Mruk, Lipperscheid, LU;
Frank James Feher, Copley, OH (US);
Bruce Raymond Hahn, Hudson, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a polymer blend comprising a copolymer and an additional polymer, the copolymer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer immiscible with the backbone; the additional polymer consisting of a polymer miscible with the polymeric sidechains.