139results about How to "Improve wet grip performance" patented technology

A rubber composition for use in tires is described which provides increased fuel efficiency and improved wet grip performance. The rubber composition includes from 5 to 70 parts by mass of silica having a BET specific surface area from 50 to 200 m²/g per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber. The rubber composition includes from 1 to 25 parts by mass of an aromatic modified terpene resin and at least one terpene per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber. The rubber composition further includes from 1 to 70 parts by mass of a naphthenic oil per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, where a CN % proportion of a CA %·CP %·CN % ratio calculated according to ASTM D2140/ASTM D3238 is the greatest and the CA % proportion is less than 15%, and a dynamic viscosity at 40° C. is from 17 to 30 mm²/sec.

The present invention has its object to provide a rubber composition that can be used for a tread to supply a tire excellent in low heat build-up property and wet grip performance.

The present invention relates to a rubber composition including a rubber component that contains

• • a modified styrene-butadiene rubber in an amount of 5% by weight or more per 100% by weight of the rubber component,
  • the modified styrene-butadiene rubber having, in a main chain thereof, a constitutional unit derived from a specific nitrogen-containing compound; and
  • the rubber composition further including silica in an amount of 10 to 150 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component.

A rubber composition, for tires, which allows improvement of both wet grip performance and performance on ice and snow, and further allows abrasion resistance and elongation at break to be advantageously obtained, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition, are provided. A rubber composition for tires is provided in which a content of an isoprene-based rubber in 100% by mass of a rubber component ranges from 10% by mass to 100% by mass, a content of a butadiene rubber in 100% by mass of the rubber component ranges from 0% by mass to 80% by mass, a content of a styrene butadiene rubber in 100% by mass of the rubber component ranges from 0% by mass to 70% by mass, and a content of a terpene-based resin having a hydroxyl value that is less than or equal to 20 and a softening point ranging from 106°C to 124°C ranges from 1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

The invention discloses a tread structure of a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle. A tread comprises a plurality of main pattern groove groups which are formed in a staggered manner by using the center of the tread as a symmetry center, wherein first auxiliary fine diamond pattern grooves are formed among the main pattern groove groups, and each first auxiliary fine diamond pattern groove comprises a fine diamond part which is provided with a plurality of tangent planes and a fine groove which is connected with the fine diamond part. The fine diamond parts and the fine grooves of the auxiliary fine diamond pattern grooves are designed to be in mutual connection, so that water films can be effectively broken, the water drainage performance of the tire is effectively improved, and the wet land gripping performance of the tire is improved.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber comprising (A) a rubber component containing a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and (B) a thermoplastic resin, wherein a resin slurry liquid prepared by dispersing the component (B) described above in water is mixed with a latex of the rubber component (A) described above, and then the mixture is coagulated and subjected to drying treatment, a rubber composition containing the resin-extended isoprene rubber obtained by the above process and a pneumatic tire prepared by using the above rubber composition for a member for a tread, and provided are a process for producing a resin-extended isoprene rubber in which a natural rubber and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber and a resin are used and in which the above resin is highly dispersed, a rubber composition which contains the resin-extended isoprene rubber obtained by the above process and which can secure a fracture characteristic and the like and a pneumatic tire prepared by using the above rubber composition.

The present invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving fuel economy and wet grip performance while maintaining good processability, abrasion resistance and handling stability or improving them, as well as a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The rubber composition contains carbon black, silica, and a polymer mixture obtained by modifying a polymer derived from a conjugated diene compound and/or an aromatic vinyl compound with a compound containing an ester group and/or a carboxyl group, the polymer mixture having a weight average molecular weight of from 1.0×10³ to 1.0×10⁵, the rubber composition having a tan δ peak temperature of −20° C. or higher, a rubber hardness of from 63 to 75, and a tan δ at 70° C. of from 0.15 to 0.45.

The invention relates to a tread compound for a passenger tyre with high wet skid resistance and a preparation method thereof. The tread compound comprises, by weight, 13 to 16 parts of natural rubber, 61 to 83 parts of first solution-polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, 25 to 40 parts of second solution-polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, 10 to 20 parts of carbon black, 45 to 55 parts of white carbon black, 2 to 7 parts of a softener, 5 to 6 parts of an activator, 3 to 4 parts of an antioxidant, 1.8 to 2.2 parts of a wet skid resistance reinforcing agent, 4.5 to 5.5 parts of resin with high wet skid resistance, 7 to 9 parts of a coupling agent and 3 to 3.5 parts of a vulcanizing agent. The tyre prepared from the raw materials provided by the invention has wet skid resistance reaching grade A or above and is a high quality tyre with superhigh wet skid resistance.

The invention discloses UHPT tread rubber which can be used in a drifting competition. The tread rubber comprises the following components: emulsion polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber 50-70 phr, solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber 30-50 phr, carbon black 50-80 phr, white carbon black 20-50 phr, a silane coupling agent 2-5 phr, oil 30-50 phr, functional resin 8-16 phr, zinc oxide 2-4 phr, stearic acid 1-3 phr, sulfur 1.5-2.5 phr, an accelerator 2.0-3.0 phr, and other components 4-7 phr. The formula of the tread rubber provided by the invention innovatively uses the modified solutionpolymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, the highly-dispersed white carbon black with a high specific surface area and the functional resin, also the ratio of fillers and the mixing process of the treadrubber are reasonably adjusted, and the requirements of the usage performance of daily driving and the drifting competition are taken into account: compared with ordinary UHPT tread rubber, the treadrubber provided by the invention has excellent dry ground gripping and manipulating performance; and compared with professional drifting tread rubber, the tread rubber provided by the invention has significantly-improved service life and better-improved wet ground gripping performance, and can meet multi-purpose requirements of usual driving and the drifting competition.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a tread rubber composition for a two-wheeled vehicle tire which can exhibit both good wet grip performance and good chunk resistance, and a two-wheeled vehicle tire including a tread produced using the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tread rubber composition for a two-wheeled vehicle tire, including: a rubber component, silica, and carbon black, wherein the rubber component contains natural rubber, and styrene butadiene rubber and/or butadiene rubber, the silica has a CTAB specific surface area of 180 m²/g or more and a BET specific surface area of 185 m²/g or more, and the amount of the carbon black is 15 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

The invention provides a surface modification method of vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic elastomer, which can provide excelent sliding property and repeatedly sliding durability and maintain sealing property without using high-priced self-lubricated resin. The invention relates to a surface modification mehtod, whose modification object is vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic elastomer, and the method comprises the following steps: process 1, surface irradiation of the modificed object with 300-400 nm LED light, thereby forming a polymerization trigger from the photosensitizer on the surface; process 2, surface irradiation of the modificed object with 300-400 nm LED light, thereby carrying out free radical polymerization of free radical polymerized monomers using the polymerization trigger as starting point, and carrying out growth of the polymer chain on the surface of the modified object.

The invention discloses a rubber material for agriculture vehicle tires. The rubber material is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 40-50 parts of natural rubber, 10-14 parts of epoxy natural rubber, 15-20 parts of silicon dioxide, 2-4 parts of a silane coupling agent, 20-30 parts of brominated butyl rubber, 20-30 parts of superfine glass bead, 30-40 parts of carbon black N660, 20-30 parts of light calcium carbonate, 1-2 parts of tetramethyl thiuram disulfide, 1-2 parts of diisopropylbenzene peroxide, 2-3 parts of N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazole sulfonamide, 2-4 parts of zinc oxide, 1-2 parts of an accelerant DM, 0.5-1.0 part of an accelerant CZ, 1-2 parts of N-phenyl-N'-(1,3-dimethyl)-p-phenylenediamine, 1-2 parts of 2,2'-methylene-bi(4-methyl-6-tertiary butyl phenol), 1-2 parts of petroleum oil, 2-5 parts of stearic acid, 1-2 parts of protecting wax OK5194, 5-6 parts of rubber tackifying resin A-90, 5-8 parts of antimonous oxide, 5-10 parts of molybdenum trioxide and 20-30 parts of aluminium hydroxide.

To provide a rubber composition having excellent wet grip performance while maintaining low heat build-up characteristics without lowering processability, abrasion resistance and rolling resistance. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber (A), 5 to 150 parts by weight of particular inorganic filler (B), 5 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black (C) having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 70 to 300 m²/g, and 1 to 20 % by weight of a silane coupling agent (D). The pneumatic tire of the present invention is obtained by using the rubber composition for the tread rubber.