Novel and long-acting rubber anti-degradant and rubber composition comprising the same for tires. The anti-degradant comprises at least two compounds, each of which is selected from a compound of Formula I, II, III-a, or III-b: ##STR00001##
and each of the compounds have different formulae from others, and can't be compounds of formula III-a and III-b at the same time when the anti-degradant consists of only 2 compounds. The anti-degradant is used to provide a rubber composition with improved long-term resistance to thermo-oxidative aging and ozone aging.

A metal resin composite member for a tire, comprising a metal cord and a resin layer, the resin layer being formed of a resin mixture that includes a thermoplastic resin A, which has a hard segment and a soft segment, and a thermoplastic resin B, which is formed of the same structural units as the hard segment of thermoplastic A, and a ratio of the hard segment in the resin mixture being from 60% by mass to less than 75% by mass,

A tire includes a steel cord having a plated coating layer, rubber covering the steel cord, the plated coating layer including Cu and Zn, and a bonding layer including Cu.sub.2S and CuS provided closer to the rubber than an interface between the steel cord and the rubber, wherein a molar ratio Cu.sub.2S/CuS of Cu.sub.2S and CuS included in the bonding layer is 1.0 or higher.

The tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of not more than 10 C., 0.1 to 50 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 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) to (iv): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 15,000 to 120,000, (ii) the vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %, (iii) the average number of the functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 30, and (iv) the glass transition temperature (Tg) is not more than 0 C.

The invention provides a heavy-duty tire rubber composition capable of giving heavy-duty tires which exhibit low heat generation properties and have good abrasion resistance, and also provides a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a heavy-duty tire which each partially include the composition. The heavy-duty tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 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 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) and (ii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and not more than 120,000, and (ii) the vinyl content is less than 30 mol %.

Crumb rubber obtained from recycled tires is subjected to an interlinked substitution process. The process utilizes a reactive component that interferes with sulfur bonds. The resulting treated rubber exhibits properties similar to those of the virgin composite rubber structure prior to being granulated, and is suitable for use in fabricating new tires, engineered rubber articles, and asphalt rubber for use in waterproofing and paving applications.

A pneumatic tire is formed by winding a sheet member (A) and a sheet member (B) onto a molding drum and molding a cylindrical body. A laminate body (M) in which the sheet member (B) is layered in advance on the outer periphery of the sheet member (A) is wound onto a molding drum (10), the tack value of a material (a) constituting the sheet member (A) being smaller than the tack value of a material (b) constituting the sheet member (B), the length of the sheet member (A) being configured so that a starting end (As) of winding on the molding drum (10) and an ending end (Ae) of winding do not overlap, and the length of the sheet member (B) being configured so that the ending end (Be) of winding extends longer in the circumferential direction than the ending end (Ae) of winding of the sheet member (A).

Provided is a pneumatic tire having both improved run-flat durability and excellent wet grip properties; the pneumatic tire including a rubber composition used in a tread part, and a rubber support layer having a gauge thickness in a specified range; the rubber composition including specified compounded amounts of natural rubber, a terminal-modified styrene-butadiene rubber, silica, and a thermoplastic resin, wherein the rubber composition is largely strain-dependent for the storage elastic modulus.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rubber composition possessing both satisfactory low exothermic property and satisfactory durability in adhesion to metal, crack resistance, and the like in a compatible manner. Specifically, a rubber composition comprises: a rubber component; N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolylsulfenamide; a nitrogenous cyclic compound having no benzene ring; a cobalt compound containing no boron; and silica, wherein a content of the nitrogenous cyclic compound is 0.4 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and a mass ratio (Co/N) of the cobalt content (Co) in the cobalt compound with respect to the nitrogen content (N) in the nitrogenous cyclic compound is in the range of 1.2 to 7.0.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a copolymer containing at least an acyclic non-conjugated olefin unit and a conjugated diene unit and capable of improving an elastic modulus of a rubber composition. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a copolymer containing at least an acyclic non-conjugated olefin unit and a conjugated diene unit, wherein the difference (T.sub.emT.sub.im) between an extrapolated melting end temperature (T.sub.em) as measured in accordance with JIS K7121 and an extrapolated melting initiation temperature (T.sub.im) as measured in accordance with JIS K7121 is not higher than 60 C.