Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090032162 | BELT ASSEMBLIES AND PNEUMATIC TIRES INCLUDING THE SAME - A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass, a tread assembly, a sidewall assembly, and a belt assembly, where the belt assembly includes at least one reinforcing element disposed within a matrix, where the matrix is a vulcanizate prepared from a skim stock prepared by combining an elastomer, a filler, a curative, a methylene donor, and a phenol derivative. | 02-05-2009 |
20100004371 | TIRE TREADS INCLUDING ALUMINUM HYDROXYCARBONATE - Particular embodiments are directed toward a rubber mixture comprising (i) a rubber; and (ii) a filler component, where the filler component includes a filler selected from the group consisting of amorphous aluminum hydroxycarbonate, amorphous aluminum hydroxyoxycarbonate, and amorphous aluminum oxycarbonate, where said amorphous aluminum hydroxycarbonate, amorphous aluminum hydroxyoxycarbonate, and amorphous aluminum oxycarbonate are characterized by a BET specific surface area of less than 40 m | 01-07-2010 |
20100004398 | POLYMERIC CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES WITH INTERPHASE REGION - A polymeric nanoparticle composition is provided. The nanoparticle may be of a core/shell configuration with an interphase region connecting the core and the shell. The mean average diameter of the polymer nanoparticles may be less than about 250 nm. The size, composition, and/or configuration of the interphase region may be varied to achieve desired physical and/or chemical properties of the resulting polymeric nanoparticles, and of the compositions into which the nanoparticles are compounded. | 01-07-2010 |
20100286348 | HYDROXYARYL FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS - Vulcanizates with desirable properties can be obtained from compounds incorporating polymers that include hydroxyl group-containing aryl functionalities. The functionalities can be incorporated by using any or all of appropriate initiators, monomers and optional terminating compounds. Such polymers exhibit excellent interactivity with both conventional and non-conventional fillers. | 11-11-2010 |
20110028632 | Method of Making Hydroxyaryl-Functionalized Interpolymer - Cationic techniques can be used to polymerize monomers that include a class of hydroxyaryl compounds so as to provide polymers that exhibit desirable properties including, but not limited to, reduced hysteresis. Compositions such as vulcanizates in which such polymers can be utilized and products such as tire components that incorporate and/or are manufactured from such compositions also are provided. | 02-03-2011 |
20120059113 | PROCESSING OF RUBBER COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING SILICEOUS FILLERS - Vulcanizates with desirable properties can be obtained from compositions incorporating polymers that include hydroxyl group-containing aryl functionalities, silica or other particulate filler(s) that contain or include oxides of silicon and a compound that includes multiple hydroxyl groups. The compound can act to disrupt the interactivity of the functionalities and the particulate filler particles during processing of the composition, thereby facilitating processing of the composition. | 03-08-2012 |
20120065315 | ELASTOMERIC COMPOUNDS HAVING INCREASED COLD FLOW RESISTANCE AND METHODS PRODUCING THE SAME - Elastomeric compounds having increased cold flow resistance may be obtained by utilizing from 10-100 phr of a functionalized rubbery polymer containing specified types of functionalizing units, at least 0.01 phr of a multivalent metal organic salt and 0-90 phr of at least one additional rubbery polymer. | 03-15-2012 |
20120130009 | POLYMERS FUNCTIONALIZED WITH HYDROXYL GROUP-CONTAINING DIPHENLYETHYLENE - Vulcanizates with desirable properties can be obtained from compounds incorporating polymers that include hydroxyl group-containing diphenylethylene-type functionalities. The functionalities can be incorporated by using any or all of appropriate initiators, monomers and optional terminating compounds. Such polymers exhibit excellent interactivity with both conventional and non-conventional fillers. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136091 | METHOD OF MAKING HYDROXYARYL-FUNCTIONALIZED INTERPOLYMER BY FREE RADICAL INITIATED POLYMERIZATION - Radical polymerization techniques can be used to polymerize monomers that include a class of hydroxyaryl compounds so as to provide polymers that exhibit desirable properties including, but not limited to, reduced hysteresis. Compositions such as vulcanizates in which such polymers can be utilized and products such as tire components that incorporate and/or are manufactured from such compositions also are provided. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136113 | HYDROXYARYL FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS - A functionalized polymer includes the reaction product of a reactive polymer and a compound that includes an aryl group having at least one directly bonded OG | 05-31-2012 |
20120136128 | ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION INITIATORS AND PROCESSES - A group of compounds defined by the general formula (I) can be used to anionically initiate polymerization of unsaturated monomers. In the formula, M is an alkali metal atom, R | 05-31-2012 |
20120165464 | FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS AND VULCANIZATES WITH REDUCED HYSTERETIC LOSS - A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the step of reacting a reactive polymer with a functionalizing agent defined by formula I or formula II: | 06-28-2012 |