A pneumatic tire having a fiber-reinforced rubber layer can help prevent foreign objects from penetrating/extending beyond the tread and into its underlying layer(s), thereby desirably increasing the overall lifespan of the tire. In one embodiment, the tire includes at least one fiber-reinforced rubber layer, which can be generally supported by a tire carcass and interposed directly between a tread portion and belt ply. The fiber-reinforced rubber layer can define a barrier/barrier layer between the tread portion and belt ply and includes a rubber compound that is reinforced with one or more types of fiber (e.g., chopped nylon fiber) and has one or more specific chemical compounds that can provide desirable barrier properties (e.g., abrasion resistance, penetration energy, and DIN properties), thereby helping to prevent foreign objects from penetrating/extending beyond the tire tread and into its underlying layer(s), such as the belt ply and carcass.

A run-flat tire includes a side reinforcing rubber provided in a tire side portion. The run-flat tire is formed of a resin material, has a prescribed width in the tire width direction, and is provided with a reinforcing ring portion having an annular shape along the tire circumferential direction. The reinforcing ring portion is provided outside the tire radial direction of a carcass, and an elastic modulus of the reinforcing ring portion of the central region in the tire width direction is higher than an elastic modulus of the reinforcing ring portion in either position of the shoulder regions in the tire width direction.

A reinforcing ply for tires made from a textile material and/or a metallic material and suitable for being incorporated into a body ply skim layer. The ply is at least partially coated with a reinforcing composition comprising polyethylene glycol in which calcium carbonate and/or silica is dispersed.

A rubber reinforcement adhesive comprising water and the reaction product of phloroglucinol and tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane.

A tire with improved wear resistance, rolling resistance and cohesion, comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix comprising predominantly a random copolymer comprising ethylene units and conjugated diene units, the mole fraction of ethylene units in the copolymer being within a range extending from 50% to 95%; a peroxide; and a zinc diacrylate derivative in the form of a specific zinc salt; in which composition the contents of zinc diacrylate derivative and of peroxide being such that the ratio of the peroxide content to the zinc diacrylate derivative content is greater than or equal to 0.08; said composition comprising from 5 to less than 65 phr of reinforcing filler; the ratio of the filler content to the zinc diacrylate derivative content being greater than or equal to 1.25.

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 latex; (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyacrylates, lignin derivatives and mixtures hereof; and (D) possibly at least one additive; the dipping bath composition being essentially free of epoxides, and the dipping bath composition being essentially free of resorcinol, formaldehyde and the reaction products thereof. ##STR00001##

A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, silica as predominant reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, in which the ratio of the amounts, in phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer), of sulfur and of reinforcing filler, is less than 0.08.

The invention relates to aA reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprisingcomprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a sulphursulfur-based vulcanization system, which system comprises a vulcanization accelerator having a vulcanization initiation time, referred to as “t0”, of less than 3.5 minutes, preferably of less than or equal to 3 minutes.

A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, which system comprises a metal oxide and a stearic acid derivative in amounts such that the ratio of the content of metal oxide and of stearic acid derivative, in phr, is less than 7, preferably less than 5.

A resin composition for a tire, comprising a glyceride compound and a resin having an ester bond.