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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Carolin Anna Welter, Schleich, DE;
Andreas Frantzen, Trier, DE;
Jeannot Frieden, Uebersyren, LU;
Anne Therese Peronnet-Paquin, Luxembourg, LU;
Stephan Rodewald, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Joseph John Kulig, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Mingliang Du, Copley, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a sidewall component, the sidewall component including an air passageway extending at least partially about the circumference of the tire, the air passageway surrounded by and in fluid communication with a surface comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising: a diene based rubber; from 0.25 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr), of a self-lubrication agent capable of migrating from the rubber composition to the groove surface and disposing on the groove surface as a liquid; and from 1 to 15 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr), of a vulcanization modifier for use in the second rubber composition include α,ω-bis(N,N'-dihydrocarbylthiocarbamamoyldithio)alkanes, bismaleimides, and biscitraconimides.