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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
Arindam Mazumdar, Stow, OH (US);
Paul Harry Sandstrom, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Liqing Ma, Uniontown, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 9/00 (2006.01); C08F 36/06 (2006.01); C08K 3/36 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01); C08L 9/06 (2006.01); C08L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 36/06 (2013.01); C08K 3/04 (2013.01); C08K 3/36 (2013.01); C08L 7/00 (2013.01); C08L 9/00 (2013.01); C08L 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising a bifunctionalized elastomer comprising the reaction product of 1) a living anionic elastomeric polymer initiated with a functional initiator and 2) a functional polymerization terminator; and a filler selected from silica and carbon black. The invention is further directed to a pneumatic tire comprising the rubber composition.