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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/34 (2006.01); C08C 19/25 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01); C08K 3/36 (2006.01); C08K 5/3445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/3445 (2013.01); C08C 19/25 (2013.01); C08K 3/04 (2013.01); C08K 3/36 (2013.01); C08K 2003/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are vulcanizable and vulcanized rubber compositions comprising a conjugated diene polymer or copolymer, silica, and a substituted imidazole-based silica shielding agent of Formula (I), and methods for preparing such rubber compositions. Also disclosed herein are tire components, such as tire treads, containing the rubber compositions disclosed herein.