To provide a pneumatic tire excellent in steering stability and durability at high-speed driving, it is provided a pneumatic tire having a tread portion and a belt layer, wherein the tread portion is arranged on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction, the reinforcing cord in the belt layer is composed of cords made of monofilaments in which 50/5 cm or more of the monofilaments are arranged in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer, and the maximum load capacity of the tire WL (kg) and the weight of the tire WT (kg) satisfy (WT/WL)≤0.0140.

To provide a pneumatic tire in which both low rolling resistance and improvement of noise performance at high-speed driving are sufficiently achieved, it is provided a pneumatic tire having a tread portion and a belt layer, wherein the tread portion is arranged on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction, the reinforcing cord in the belt layer is composed of cords made of monofilaments in which 50 lines/5 cm or more of the monofilaments are arranged in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer, and the maximum load capacity of the tire WL (kg) and the weight of the tire WT (kg) satisfy 0.0145≤(WT/WL).

A power transmission belt includes a pulley non-contacting portion made of a rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, cellulose-based fine fibers, and a non-carbon black hydrophilic inorganic filler, and contains no carbon black or contains carbon black in an amount of less than 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

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 run-flat tire has a belt-end reinforcing layer provided between the tread portion and a width outside end of the belt layer, and formed of a resin material. The belt-end reinforcing layer is annular along a tire circumferential direction, has a predetermined width along the tire width direction, and is provided in the tire width direction so as to cover a radial outside end of a side reinforcing rubber and a width outside end of the belt layer.

A power transmission belt includes a pulley non-contacting portion made of a rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, cellulose-based fine fibers, and a non-carbon black hydrophilic inorganic filler, and contains no carbon black or contains carbon black in an amount of less than 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture, in one case a pneumatic tire. having at least one cord-reinforced rubber component comprising (A) a reinforcing cord; and (B) a rubber composition contacting the cord, the rubber composition comprising (1) from 70 to 100 phr of at least one polyisoprene rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene; (2) from 0 to 30 phr of at least one additional rubber selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene and styrene-butadiene rubber; (3) from 20 to 80 phr of carbon black; (4) from 2 to 10 phr of silica; (5) from 0 to 1 phr of a cobalt salt; and (6) from 0.5 to 5 phr of N, N′-m-phenylene bismaleimide; wherein the rubber composition excludes resins and silane coupling agents.

The present invention provides a rubber composition that can exhibit excellent low heat build-up, tear strength, and durability; and a rubber composition having excellent low heat build-up, tear strength, and durability, by incorporating a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2), or a salt of the compound.

##STR00001##

In the formula (1), R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be taken together to form an alkylidene group, and any two of R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 may be taken together to form an alkylene group; and each of these groups may have one or more substituents.

##STR00002##

In the formula (2), R.sub.5, R.sub.7, and R.sub.8 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or an amino group; and R.sub.6 represents an alkyl group or an aralkyl group; and each of these groups may have one or more substituents.

A resin composition is based on a resin chosen from the group consisting of unsaturated polyester resins and vinyl ester resins, a crosslinking initiator and a crosslinking agent of general formula R.sub.1—X—R.sub.2, in which X is an optionally substituted alkylene group and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are, independently of one another, an acrylate, methacrylate or vinyl group, an alkenyl group bearing an unsaturated carbon at the chain end, or an alkynyl group bearing an unsaturated carbon at the chain end.

The invention relates to a rubber composition based on at least one functionalized elastomer comprising polar functional groups, a reinforcing filler and a specific polyphenolic compound.