Abstract:
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that can improve wet grip performance while maintaining a good TGC resistance, even when the tire is stored as having a thin thickness of a subtread at a bottom of a tread main groove, and rim-assembled and mounted on a vehicle to be left to stand. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire comprising a tread part, the tread part comprising at least a cap tread and a jointless band, the cap tread being formed of a rubber composition for a cap tread, the jointless band comprising fiber cords coated with a rubber composition for fiber cord toppings, the rubber composition for a cap tread comprising 3.0 parts by mass or more of antioxidant based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising a diene-based rubber, and wherein a subtread thickness at the bottom of tread main grooves is 0.1 to 3.0 mm
Abstract:
The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition which provides a balanced improvement in tensile properties, fuel economy, and abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition including a rubber component containing a diene rubber; silica and/or carbon black; and a masterbatch containing sulfur and a resin having an acid value of 5 or higher.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition for outer layers of tires with which it is possible to reduce the amount of phosphorus used, and further to improve initial grip performance and grip performance during the middle phase of running while maintaining or improving good abrasion resistance, thereby achieving a balanced improvement in these properties, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for outer layers of tires, containing a rubber component, a plasticizer, a resin having a softening point of 30°C or higher, and sulfur, the plasticizer including an aliphatic polybasic acid ester having a freezing point of -50 to -10°C, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of the aliphatic polybasic acid ester and 2 parts by mass or more of the resin.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition for tires, capable of improving discoloration resistance and tire appearance while maintaining good handling stability, crack resistance, and ozone resistance or improving these properties, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires including a rubber component having a combined amount of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 90% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of a rubber component; sulfur; a pluronic nonionic surfactant in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and carbon black in an amount of 2 to 70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
Abstract:
According to the rubber composition for a tire tread comprising a diene-based rubber component, and, based on 100 parts by mass of the diene-based rubber component, 0.5 to 6.0 parts by mass of a branched alkane of 40 to 70 carbon atoms, 0.05 to 3.5 parts by mass of a linear alkane of 45 or more carbon atoms and 1 to 35 parts by mass of aluminum hydroxide, and a tire comprising tread composed of the rubber composition for a tire tread of the present invention, a rubber composition for a tire tread capable of improving initial wet grip performance can be provided, thereby providing a tire having such improved initial wet grip performance.
Abstract:
Provided are: a rubber composition for a tire, which allows low fuel consumption performance, wet grip performance, and wear resistance to be improved in a balanced manner; and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for a tire contains: a rubber component including a styrene-butadiene rubber having a styrene content not less than 25% by mass; an α-methylstyrene-indene copolymer resin having a weight-average molecular weight not greater than 400; and silica, wherein, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, an amount of the α-methylstyrene-indene copolymer resin is 0.1 to 100 parts by mass and an amount of the silica is not less than 80 parts by mass.
Abstract:
The invention aims to provide a pneumatic tire achieving a balanced improvement in dry grip performance and abrasion resistance. The invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a component that contacts a road during running, the component being formed from a rubber composition for a component that contacts a road during running which contains: SBR; a short cellulose fiber having an average fiber length of 10 µm to 10 mm; and a silica having a N 2 SA of 100 m 2 /g or more and/or a carbon black having a N 2 SA of 70 m 2 /g or more, the SBR being present in an amount of 60% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 0.1-20 parts by mass of the fiber and at least 60 parts by mass in total of the silica and/or the carbon black.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition that achieves a balanced improvement in grip performance during the initial to late phases of running and abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing a rubber component, sulfur, and a molten mixture of a solid resin and a plasticizer, the solid resin having an SP value of 9.2 to 13 and/or a softening point of 130°C or higher, the plasticizer including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid esters, phthalic acid esters, aliphatic polybasic acid esters, trimellitic acid esters, acetic acid esters, and ricinoleic acid esters, the solid resin being present in an amount of 1 part by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.