The present invention provides a tire improved in the run flat durability, having at least one member selected from the group consisting of a side reinforcing rubber layer and a bead filler using a rubber composition comprising a rubber component containing 20% by mass or more of a modified conjugated diene based polymer, satisfying Expression (1) in terms of the elongation X under a stress of 6.5 MPa at 180 C. and the elongation Y under a stress of 6.5 MPa at 25 C. after vulcanization.

1.00X/Y1.15 (1)

Metallated aminosilane compounds for use as functional initiators in anionic polymerizations and processes for producing an aminosilane-functionalized polymer using the metallated aminosilane compounds to initiate anionic polymerization of at least one type of anionically polymerizable monomer. Preferred use of the metallated aminosilane compounds results in rubber compositions for use in tires comprising an aminosilane functionalized polymer.

In a side reinforcing type run flat tire, a minimum wall thickness portion is arranged between an end portion of each belt layer and a position at 70% of a tire cross-sectional height SH. A relationship between a thickness G.sub.min of the minimum wall thickness portion and a thickness G.sub.max of a maximum wall thickness portion 17 is 0.5G.sub.maxG.sub.min0.8G.sub.max. A relationship between a length L min of a thin wall region and the tire cross-sectional height SH is 0.18SHL.sub.min0.26SH. A relationship among a weight Wr of a side reinforcing layer, a total weight Wt of the tire, and a tire flattening rate R is 0.08Wt(10.2(1R/50))Wr0.18Wt(10.2(1R/50)). A relationship between a thickness Ga at a rim check line position of an outer side rubber portion more to the outer side than a carcass layer and a maximum thickness Gb thereof is 0.8GbGa1.0Gb.

The present invention provides a tire improved in the run flat durability, having at least one member selected from the group consisting of a side reinforcing rubber layer and a bead filler using a rubber composition having a tensile stress at 50% elongation at 180 C. (M50) of 6.2 MPa or more as a vulcanized rubber physical property.

The present invention provides: a rubber composition prepared by mixing 60 to 100 parts by mass of a filler (B), 0.9 to 2.4 parts by mass of a phenol resin (C), 0.07 to 0.2 parts by mass of a methylene donor (D), 1.5 to 2.1 parts by mass of a thiuram based vulcanization accelerating agent (E), and 3.2 to 4.5 parts by mass of a sulfenamide based vulcanization accelerating agent (F), based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component comprising 20 to 80% by mass of a modified conjugated diene based polymer (A), allowing the ride comfort in normal running to be satisfied in parallel with improvement in the run flat durability (durability in run flat running); and a tire comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of a side reinforcing rubber layer and a bead filler using the rubber composition.

The present invention relates to compositions for elastomeric compounds for tyres, comprising modified diene polymers (A1) terminated with at least one tetrazole group (E) comprising at least one 2,5 disubstituted tetrazole which may be activated by heating, tyre components and tyres for vehicle wheels comprising them. Advantageously, the present modified diene polymers (A1) impart to the compounds lower hot hysteresis and reduced Payne effect and, consequently, lower rolling resistance and wear. Furthermore, the present polymers do not exhibit the processability problems shown by conventional functionalised diene polymers, with high affinity for white fillers.

The present invention provides a run-flat tire excellent in high-temperature softening inhibition, and a rubber composition from which the tire can be produced. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, a filler, a vulcanizing agent, and a vulcanization accelerator that contains a sulfenamide-based vulcanization accelerator and 1.0 to 2.0 parts by mass of tetrabenzylthiuramdisulfide based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, in which a mass ratio (a/b) of a content (a) of the tetrabenzylthiuramdisulfide to a content (b) of the sulfenamide-based vulcanization accelerator is 0.60 to 1.25.

A sulfur-crosslinked rubber mixture, in particular for vehicle tires, and a vehicle tire. The sulfur-crosslinked rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber and 0.5 to 10.0 phr of at least one anti-reversion agent and 2.0 phr or more of at least one para-phenylenediamine and 2.0 phr or more of at least one dihydroquinoline
and wherein the network node spacing of the crosslinked rubber mixture is 4.5 to 10 nm.

Provided is a run flat tire comprising a side reinforcing layer on a sidewall part, wherein a rubber composition of the side reinforcing layer has a complex elastic modulus at 100 C. (E*.sub.100) of 5.0 to 17 MPa and a loss tangent at 60 C. (60 C. tan ) of 0.020 to 0.100 MPa, and wherein, where a tire cross-sectional width is defined as Wt (mm) and a tire outer diameter is defined as Dt (mm), Wt and Dt satisfy any of the following inequality (1), (2), and (3):
Wt<225 and Dt59.078Wt{circumflex over ()}0.460(1)
225Wt<235 and Dt59.078Wt{circumflex over ()}0.620967.673(2)
235Wt and DtWt{circumflex over ()}0.6+750(3)

The present invention relates to elastomeric compositions for tyres and relative compounds, components and tyres comprising them, said compositions comprising an elastomeric polymer, a phenolic product, optionally already partially cross-linked, optionally an aldehyde and/or at least a methylene donor product and an oxidised carbon allotrope as a cross-linking catalyst. Advantageously, this catalyst is able to complete the cross-linking reactions of the phenolic resins in the conventional times and conditions of vulcanisation, or even more rapidly, providing mechanically stable compounds.