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Air maintenance tire

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1532035
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.
Research Organization:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (United States); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0005447
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH)
Patent Number(s):
9,809,068
Application Number:
14/550,055
OSTI ID:
1532035
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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