A modified liquid diene rubber (A) has a functional group (a) derived from an acid anhydride, and satisfies all the requirements (I) to (III) below: (I) The functional group equivalent weight of the functional groups (a) is in the range of 400 to 3,500 g/eq. (II) The polystyrene-equivalent number average molecular weight (Mn) measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is in the range of 5,000 to 20,000. (III) The melt viscosity at 38° C. is not less than 3 Pa.Math.s and X (K) is not less than 6100 K wherein X is the slope of a linear line passing through two points in a graph in which the two points are values of melt viscosity η (Pa.Math.s) at 38° C. and 60° C. measured with a Brookfield viscometer which are plotted as Ln[η/(Pa.Math.s)] on ordinate versus 1/T (K.sup.−1) on abscissa (with the proviso that T is temperature (K)).

A rubber compound for a pneumatic tyre portion comprising a cross-linkable unsaturated chain polymeric base, silica, processing oil and vulcanization agents; said reinforcing filler comprising silica. The ratio in phr between the reinforcing filler and the processing oil is greater than or equal to 3.

A coated wire includes a steel alloy coated with a coating comprising one or more amino alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane compounds selected from the group consisting of an amino alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane, an amino/mercaptan co-alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane, an amino/blocked mercaptan co-alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane, or a salt of one or more thereof. A rubber composition and a process for coating wire is also disclosed.

A diene rubber may give a crosslinked product or forming a rubber composition which has high levels of both ice grip performance and wet grip performance; a rubber composition may include the diene rubber; a tire member may be formed from the rubber composition or a crosslinked product thereof; and a tire may include the rubber composition or a crosslinked product thereof as at least a portion thereof. A resin modifier may include the diene rubber and give such a resin composition. A diene rubber may include butadiene units and an M.sub.w of 5,000 to 50,000, and may satisfy (i) to (iii): (i) β.sub.cp>0; (ii) β.sub.12>40; and (iii) β.sub.cp/(β.sub.12−40)≤2, wherein β.sub.12 is the mol % of 1,2-bonded butadiene units, and β.sub.cp is the mol % of specific structural units, both with respect to all butadiene units present in the diene rubber.

According to a tire comprising a clinch apex composed of a rubber composition for a clinch apex, the rubber composition having 6.0 to 13.0 MPa of a complex elastic modulus E* at 70° C. and 1% strain (E*(70° C.)), 0.10 or less of a loss tangent tan δ at 70° C. and 1% strain (tan δ(70° C.)), and 0.07 or less of tan δ at 100° C. and 0.5% strain (tan δ(100° C.)), and satisfying Equation (1): tan δ (70° C.)/E*(70° C.)×1000≤10.0, a tire having improved low heat generation and high-speed durability can be provided, while maintaining functions as a clinch apex such as steering stability and riding comfort.

The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising 100 phr of one or more diene-based elastomers, 30 phr to 200 phr of a filler, and a benzoxazine which is the reaction of (i) a diphenol comprising two phenol groups and a bridge covalently connecting the two phenol groups, (ii) an aldehyde derivative, and (iii) an amine, wherein the bridge is connected to at least one of the phenol groups at a meta position of said at least one phenol group. The present invention is also directed to a rubber product comprising such a rubber composition and the use of such rubber products in tire components.

A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by continuous polymerization and having remarkable processability, narrow molecular weight distribution and excellent physical properties, and a rubber composition including the same.

A rubber composition of the present technology includes: a diene rubber; silica; and a heterocyclic compound (the heterocyclic compound does not have a silicon atom) which includes a hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 30 carbons and at least one type of heterocycle selected from the group consisting of a piperazine ring, a morpholine ring and a thiomorpholine ring, and a content of the silica being from 50 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber and a content of the heterocyclic compound being from 0.5 to 20% by mass with respect to the content of the silica.

To provide a tire rubber composition that is capable of producing a tire that is excellent in balance between the low heat generation property and the crack resistance. The tire rubber composition contains a rubber component (A), at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (I) and a compound represented by the formula (II), a vulcanization accelerator (C) containing two or more kinds of vulcanization accelerators including a thiuram-based vulcanization accelerator, and a filler (D).

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In a first aspect of the present invention, a rubber composition is provided, comprising at least one rubber, at least one filler, at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the thermoplastic polymer is a poly alkylacrylate, and wherein the alkylacrylate comprises a polycyclic substituent at its single bonded oxygen atom. In another aspect of the invention, an article of manufacture such as a tire, a power transmission belt, a hose, a track, an air sleeve, and a conveyor belt is provided which comprises the rubber composition in accordance with the first aspect.