The present invention provides a rubber composition having reduced its odor, which can show a durability improvement effect, as well as to provide a pneumatic tire including the rubber for coating steel cords which is superior in its durability. The objectives above can be solved by providing a rubber composition, including a rubber component a filler, a vulcanization agent, a vulcanization accelerator, and a resorcinol resin, in which the resorcinol resin includes a cresol residue at a content of 0.2 mass % or less, as well as providing a pneumatic tire which has been obtained by vulcanizing the rubber composition, and in particular providing a pneumatic tire in which the rubber is a rubber for coating steel cords.

A rubber composition for covering a steel cord, that can improve wet heat adhesiveness while maintaining vulcanization rate is provided. The rubber composition for covering a steel cord comprises, per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, 1.0 to 5.0 parts by mass of an imidazole type age resister, and sulfur, wherein a sulfenamide type vulcanization accelerator is not contained, or even when contained, the amount of the sulfenamide type vulcanization accelerator is 1.5 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.

A rubber composition is based on at least one elastomer and at least one phenolic compound, the aromatic nucleus of said phenolic compound being substituted with at least one substituent comprising an oxygen atom, the molar mass of said phenolic compound being at most equal to 1000 g/mol, and said composition being free of molecular sulfur or comprising less than 1 phr thereof.

A resin-metal composite member for a tire comprises a metal member (27) and a coating resin layer (28) that covers the metal member (27) and contains a resin composition. The resin composition includes a thermoplastic elastomer, at least one additive resin selected from an amorphous resin having an ester bond or a polyester-based thermoplastic resin, and at least one chemical selected from a carbodiimide compound, a polyfunctional epoxy compound, or a polyfunctional amino compound.

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.

The invention relates to a wire coat rubber composition for coating metal wires in a tire, the rubber composition comprising from 60 to 100 phr of natural rubber, from 0 to 40 phr of synthetic polyisoprene, from 40 to 70 phr of oxidized carbon black, up to 5 phr of a resin and up to 8 phr of oil. The present invention also relates to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.

In accordance with the invention a wire coat rubber composition for a tire comprises from 70 phr to 100 phr of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 0 phr to 30 phr of solution styrene butadiene rubber, from 65 phr to 95 phr pre-silanized precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr carbon black, up to 10 phr of a resin, and up to 10 phr oil. Further the present invention is directed to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.

The rubber composite comprises a steel reinforcing element coated with an adhesive layer coating at least a portion of the reinforcing element. The adhesive layer comprises an adhesive composition comprising at least one phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least: one aromatic aldehyde and one polyphenol comprising one or more aromatic nucleus/nuclei. The coated steel reinforcing element is embedded in a rubber matrix based on a rubber composition comprising a crosslinking system comprising a content of molecular sulphur ranging from 1 to 5 phr.

Provided are: a tire including: a tire frame; and a reinforcing metal cord member that is wound at least on the outer circumference of the tire frame, wherein at least a portion of the reinforcing metal cord member is coated with a coating composition via an adhesion layer that contains a polyamide-based adhesive and has a melting point of from 160 C. to 200 C., the coating composition containing at least one thermoplastic material selected from polyamide-based thermoplastic resins having a melting point of from 160 C. to 240 C. and polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomers having a melting point of from 160 C. to 240 C.; and a method of producing the same.

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.