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.

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.

The present invention relates to a steel cord-rubber composite including a rubber composition and a steel cord, wherein the rubber composition is a rubber composition containing a rubber component, a filler, a thermosetting resin, a methylene donor, a thiuram-based vulcanization accelerator, and a sulfenamide-based vulcanization accelerator; the content of a cobalt compound is 0.01 parts by mass or less; and the steel cord is a steel cord subjected to ternary alloy plating. The steel cord-rubber composite improves not only the adhesiveness of the steel cord-rubber composite, particularly the adhesiveness after hygrothermal aging, but also improves the crack propagation resistance and the low fuel consumption of the pneumatic tire using this steel cord-rubber composite and favorably makes the both compatible with each other.

A tire for a civil engineering vehicle the endurance of which has been improved by the addition of an anti-creep layer (30) with a thickness E2 interposed between the airtight inner layer (20), with a thickness E1, and the reinforcer coating layer (46) of the carcass reinforcement (40), with a thickness E3. The thicknesses E1, E2 and E3, being measured in millimetres in a shoulder region forming the transition between the crown and each sidewall of the tire, satisfy the following equations: 2≤E1≤4; 6≤E2+E3 and E1/E2≥0.6. In addition, the viscoelastic loss P60 of the elastomeric mixture M2 of the anti-creep layer (30) is at most equal to 20%.

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.

Provided is a rubber composition for coating a metal cord that can achieve both crack resistance and low heat generation properties at a high level. The rubber composition for coating a metal cord contains a rubber component, carbon black having an adsorption specific surface area of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) of 110 m.sup.2/g to 160 m.sup.2/g, a half width ΔD50 of a peak including a Stokes equivalent diameter Dst that is the most frequent in an aggregate distribution obtained with a centrifugal sedimentation method of 60 nm or less, and a ratio of the ΔD50 to the Dst (ΔD50/Dst) of 0.95 or less, silica having a CTAB adsorption specific surface area of 200 m.sup.2/g or more, and a vulcanizing agent.

A tire includes a pair of beads and a crown region including a circumferential tread disposed radially above a circumferential belt. The tire further includes a pair sidewalls extending from the pair of beads to the crown region. A body ply wraps around the pair of beads and terminates in a pair of turn up ends in the crown region, below the middle 30% of the circumferential belt. A conductive substance is disposed along a strip of the body ply.

A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including: a metal member; an adhesive layer; and a covering resin layer in this order, wherein: the adhesive layer includes a continuous phase containing a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a discontinuous phase containing a styrene-based elastomer, and a ratio of the continuous phase with respect to an entirety of the adhesive layer is from 60% by mass to 93% by mass.

The present invention is directed to a non-vulcanized rubber composition which is comprised of (1) 90 phr to 100 phr cis 1,4-polyisoprene; (2) 10 phr to 40 phr of pre-silanized precipitated silica; (3) 10 phr to 40 phr of carbon black, (4) 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, and (5) 1 phr to 15 phr of a resinous reaction product of a methylene donor composition and a methylene acceptor composition. Moreover, the present invention is directed to a tire or tire component comprising the cured rubber composition.

The present application provides a rubber composition as a raw material of a rubber for coating steel cords, which shows an effect of a durability improvement. The present application also provides a pneumatic tire including the rubber for coating steel cords superior in the durability. The objectives above can be solved by providing a rubber composition, including: a rubber component a filler, a vulcanization agent, a vulcanization accelerator, a resorcinol resin, and a heat-resistant crosslinking agent, wherein the rubber composition includes a cobalt salt at a content of 0.1 part by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, as well as by providing a pneumatic tire including a rubber for coating steel cords which has been obtained by vulcanizing the rubber composition.