A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix mainly comprising a random copolymer comprising ethylene units and conjugated diene units, the mole fraction of the ethylene units in the copolymer being within a range extending from 50% to 95%; a peroxide; and a specific acrylate derivative.

In a pneumatic tire, at least one carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions is formed from a carcass cord formed of an organic fiber cord having filament bundles of organic fibers intertwined together, a fineness based on corrected mass of the carcass cord is from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex, an intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at a sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load is from 3.3% to 4.2%, and a ratio G/R of an interlayer rubber gauge G between a body portion and a folded back portion to a cord diameter R of the carcass cord, at a contact region where the body portion and the folded back portion are in contact in the carcass layer, is from 0.50 to 0.60.

A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, made up of at least one layer of metal reinforcing elements inserted between two skim layers of elastomer compound containing a reinforcing filler made up of at least carbon black. The tensile elastic modulus at 10% elongation of at least the skim layer closest to the internal cavity of at least the carcass reinforcement layer closest to the internal cavity is less than 8.5 MPa and at least the said skim layer closest to the internal cavity of at least the carcass reinforcement layer closest to the internal cavity has a macrodispersion value Z greater than 85.

In accordance with the invention, a textile cord coat composition for a tire comprises from 70 to 90 phr cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 10 to 30 phr styrene butadiene rubber, from 25 to 45 phr carbon black, the latter comprising between 1 and 6 phr high surface area carbon black having a BET surface area of more than 700 m.sup.2/g. Moreover, the invention is directed to a textile reinforced ply and a tire comprising such a textile cord coat composition.

Provided are a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which enable the production of a high molecular weight polyisoprenoid. Included is a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles.

The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubberization mixture for metallic or textile strength members containing at least one novolac resin comprising alkyl urethane units and produced by reaction of a phenolic compound, an aldehyde and a carbamate resin, wherein the carbamate resin is produced by reaction of alkyl urethane with an aldehyde, and at least one etherified melamine resin. The invention further relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire which comprises at least one such sulfur-crosslinked rubberization mixture.

For improved durability of the rubberized strength members, the rubberization mixture contains less than 2.5 phr (parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total rubbers in the mixture) of at least one novolac resin comprising alkyl urethane units and produced by reaction of a phenolic compound, an aldehyde and a carbamate resin, wherein the carbamate resin is produced by reaction of alkyl urethane with an aldehyde, and less than 2.5 phr of at least one etherified melamine resin.

The present invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubberization mixture for metallic strength members containing at least one novolac resin comprising alkyl urethane units and produced by reaction of a phenolic compound, an aldehyde and a carbamate resin, wherein the carbamate resin is produced by reaction of alkyl urethane with an aldehyde, and at least one etherified melamine resin. The invention further relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire which comprises at least one such sulfur-crosslinked rubberization mixture. For improved durability of the rubberized strength members, the rubberization mixture contains at least one organic cobalt salt.

A tire for a civil engineering vehicle the endurance of which has been improved by the addition of an anti-creep layer (30) with a thickness E2 interposed between the airtight inner layer (20), with a thickness E1, and the reinforcer coating layer (46) of the carcass reinforcement (40), with a thickness E3. The thicknesses E1, E2 and E3, being measured in millimetres in a shoulder region forming the transition between the crown and each sidewall of the tire, satisfy the following equations: 2≤E1≤4; 6≤E2+E3 and E1/E2≥0.6. In addition, the viscoelastic loss P60 of the elastomeric mixture M2 of the anti-creep layer (30) is at most equal to 20%.

The invention belongs to the field of rubber tire processing, and particularly discloses an application of a lignin in preparing a radial tire, wherein the lignin is capable of completely or partially replacing resorcinol, and meanwhile, the lignin is also capable of completely or partially replacing an anti-aging agent. Compared with the prior art, the resorcinol is replaced or partially replaced by a biomass-derived lignin or a modified lignin in the invention, so that requirements of cost reduction, environmental protection and no toxicity are satisfied. Especially, the lignin modified by demethylation according to the invention is capable of effectively enhancing various properties of rubber.

A shear band that may be used e.g., in a non-pneumatic tire is provided. The shear band uses interlaced reinforcing elements positioned within a shear layer of elastomeric material. A variety of configurations may be used to create the interlaced positioning of the reinforcing elements including e.g., a horizontal diamond or vertical diamond configuration. The shear layer formed from a rubber composition having a very low hysteresis reinforced with silica.