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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Sato, Hiratsuka, JP;
Satoshi Mihara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yayoi Akahori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shin Tsukishima, Hiratsuka, JP;
Ayumi Naka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A rubber composition for use in tire treads comprising from 60 to 130 parts by weight of silica per 100 parts by weight of diene rubber containing not less than 50% by weight of hydroxyl group-containing modified styrene butadiene rubber, in which the weight ratio of oil to filler containing the silica is not greater than 0.25, and a silane coupling agent having a mercapto group and an Si—O bond is compounded in an amount from 4 to 15% by weight of the silica content, and diethylene glycol is compounded in an amount from 1 to 6% by weight of the silica content.