The present invention relates to an aqueous, solids-containing dipping bath composition for treating reinforcing inserts for rubber products comprising the following components or consisting of these components, (A) at least one blocked MDI mixture, the MDI mixture comprising MDI oligomers of formula (I), n being a whole number from 1 to 8, and MDI monomers; (B) at least one resorcinol-formaldehyde latex; and (C) possibly at least one additive, wherein the dipping bath composition is essentially free of epoxides. ##STR00001##

A run-flat tire includes: a pair of bead portions in which bead cores are embedded; sidewall portions that are continuous with tire radial direction outer sides of the bead portions; a carcass that extends across the pair of bead portions and has a body portion that is positioned between the bead cores and turn-up portions that are turned up from inside to outside about the bead cores; a belt layer disposed on a tire radial direction outer side of the carcass; a tread provided on a tire radial direction outer side of the belt layer; side reinforcing layers that are made of rubber, disposed on the tire inner side of the body portion, and configured so that a thickness of the side reinforcing layers gradually decreases toward the tread and the bead portions; and bead fillers that are made of resin and provided between the bead cores, the body portion, and the turn-up portions.

In accordance with the invention, a ply coat rubber composition for a tire ply comprises from 60 phr to 90 phr of natural rubber, from 10 phr to 40 phr of synthetic polyisoprene, from 30 phr to 80 phr of pre-silanized and precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr of carbon black, up to 5 phr of resin, and up to 8 phr of oil. Moreover, the invention is directed to a tire comprising such a rubber composition.

The invention relates to a wire coat rubber composition for coating metal wires in a tire, the rubber composition comprising from 60 to 100 phr of natural rubber, from 0 to 40 phr of synthetic polyisoprene, from 40 to 70 phr of oxidized carbon black, up to 5 phr of a resin and up to 8 phr of oil. The present invention also relates to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.

In accordance with the invention a wire coat rubber composition for a tire comprises from 70 phr to 100 phr of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 0 phr to 30 phr of solution styrene butadiene rubber, from 65 phr to 95 phr pre-silanized precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr carbon black, up to 10 phr of a resin, and up to 10 phr oil. Further the present invention is directed to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.

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.

The invention provides a high-grip tire rubber composition satisfying wet grip performance, dry grip performance and steering stability in a high and well-balanced manner, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a pneumatic tire which each partially include the composition. The high-grip tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), the solid rubber (A) including not less than 60 mass % of a styrene butadiene rubber with 20 mass % or more styrene content, 0.1 to 90 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 150 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) to (iii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and less than 15,000, (ii) the vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %, and (iii) the average number of the functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 20.

The invention relates to the use of specific aminosilyl monomers in the manufacture of elastomeric polymers, especially rubber. The invention specifically relates to a process for preparing an elastomeric polymer, involving the copolymerization of the aminosilyl monomers, the elastomeric polymer thus obtained or obtainable, non-vulcanized and vulcanized polymer compositions comprising the elastomeric polymer, and articles comprising one or more components formed from the vulcanized polymer composition.

Provided are tires that are excellent in tire properties such as fuel economy, abrasion resistance, wet grip performance, snow and ice performance, fracture resistance, and flex crack growth resistance. Included is a tire containing a rubber composition containing a natural rubber derived from Taraxacum kok-saghyz having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 5,000,000 or more and including polymers having a radius of gyration (Rz) of 130 nm or larger, wherein the Mw and Rz values are measured by FFF-MALS.

The invention relates to a tire (1) comprising a crown reinforcement formed of two working crown layers (41, 43), the calendering layers of which comprise carbon black, and of a layer of circumferential reinforcing elements (42).

According to the invention, the reinforcing elements of the working crown layers (41, 43) are metal cords having a diameter of less than 1.3 mm, at least one thread of each metal cord of at least one working crown layer is of at least UHT grade, the tensile elastic modulus at 10% elongation of at least the radially outermost calendering layer of at least the radially outermost working crown layer (43) is less than 8.5 MPa and at least said radially outermost calendering layer of at least the radially outermost working crown layer (43) has a macrodispersion Z value of greater than 85.