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This invention relates to certain rubber formulations which exhibit a low level of hysteresis which are comprised of a chemically functionalized renewed rubber and virgin solution styrene-butadiene rubber. These rubber formulations are loaded with a reinforcing silica. The rubber formulations of this invention can be utilized in making rubber products such as, tires, tracks, and conveyor belts which will promote energy savings by virtue of their low hysteretic properties. The present invention more specifically discloses a rubber composition which is comprised of (1) a solution styrene-butadiene rubber; (2) a functionalized renewed rubber composition which is comprised of an elastomeric polymer and a stabilizer; wherein the rubber composition has a crosslink density which is within the range of 0.05 to 2.0×10⁻⁵ mole/g, and wherein the rubber composition has a solubility fraction of less than 90 percent; and (3) a reinforcing filler including reinforcing silica.

The present invention provides a rubber composition in which the coexistence of low heat build-up, heat resistance and high hardness can be achieved without damaging failure characteristics. According to the present invention, a rubber composition comprising a 100 parts by weight of matrix rubber and a 2-75 parts by weight of a polyethylene composition which contains 0-80% by weight of polyethylene and 20% by weight or more of a composite comprising a polyethylene component and a rubber component previously bonded via a coupling agent to the polyethylene component, said rubber component is crosslinked with the matrix rubber. At least at one of the kneading stages before the final stage, the compound is kneaded so that the maximum temperature of the compound of the kneading of that stage is higher than the melting point of the polyethylene component mixed, preferably, by 10 DEG C. or more.

A pneumatic tire formed by using a rubber composition comprising a vulcanization accelerator represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group when R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, and represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group when R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, in an amount of 0.2 to 8.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of a rubber component. A pneumatic tire which maintains low rolling resistance and is improved to prevent resistance to ply-end separation throughout the entire term of tire use, a pneumatic tire which shows excellent controllability and durability in the last stage of tire use, and a pneumatic tire which prevents heat aging of belt layers and a decrease in the adhesion of steel cord with a rubber composition and shows excellent durability are provided.

The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dynamically crosslinking, under a melting condition, 100 parts by mass of a block copolymer (I), 1 to 1,000 parts by mass of a polar resin (II), 1 to 500 parts by mass of a modified polymer (III), and 0.01 to 50 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent (IV), wherein the block copolymer (I) comprises at least one polymer block (A) comprising as a main component an alkylene unit, and/or at least one copolymer block (B) comprising as main components an alkylene unit (b-1) and a vinyl aromatic monomer unit (b-2), and comprises at least one unsaturated block (C) comprising as a main component a conjugated diene monomer unit having 5 or more carbon atoms at an end.

High viscosity elastomers are often difficult to utilize in rubber compositions without first creating a pre-blend of the high viscosity elastomer and a rubber processing oil to reduce their overall viscosity. This invention relates to utilization of a specialized pre-blend of high viscosity and low viscosity elastomers for use in rubber compositions and to the resulting rubber composition. The use of such resulting rubber composition may be for component(s) of tires, particularly including tire treads. The specialized pre-blend of high and low viscosity elastomers is required to be created by blending individual latices or, alternatively, by blending individual polymerizates of elastomers with diverse viscosities.

The invention provides a directional metal wire-filled anti-EMI silica gel liner and a preparation method thereof. The directional metal wire-filled anti-EMI silica gel liner comprises colloidal silica, and the metal wire is directly and uniformly distributed in the colloidal silica. The provided anti-EMI silica gel liner has high elasticity as common rubber, and has conductive reliability of metal material.

The renewed rubber of this invention can be used in rubber formulations that are used in manufacturing a wide array of rubber products, including tires, power transmission belts, conveyor belts, hoses, and a wide array of other products. The present invention more specifically discloses a method for manufacturing an environmentally friendly, chemically functionalized, renewed rubber composition having a highly desirable combination of physical properties and which exhibits excellent processability comprising the steps of (1) blending a micronized rubber powder with a processing aid and a chemical functionalizing agent to produce a blended mixture; (2) processing the blended mixture under conditions of high shear and low temperature to produce a reacted mixture; (3) adding a stabilizer to the reacted mixture to produce the chemically functionalized renewed rubber composition.

There is provided a ring-opening polymer of cyclopentene wherein a cis ratio of the cyclopentene-derived structural units is 30% or more, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 100,000 to 1,000,000, and a functional group containing a structure represented by the general formula (1) or (2) is included at an end of the polymer chain.

—Y—H   (1)

(in the above general formula (1), Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.)

—NH-Q   (2)

(in the above general formula (2), Q represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group or a silyl group which may have a substituent group.)

Provided is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition capable of being ejected via inkjet ejection. The composition of the invention is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition comprising:

• • (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1)

wherein each R¹ independently represents a group selected from a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group, while the component (A) has per molecule at least two groups selected from an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group; n represents a number satisfying 10≤n≤1,000;

• • (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and/or
  • (C) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and
  • (D) a photopolymerization initiator.

A modified diene elastomer comprises:

• • at least 55% by weight of entity coupled by a functional group bearing a function of formula —SiOR, in which R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical, and optionally bearing another function capable of interacting with a reinforcing filler,
  • from 5% by weight to 30% by weight of star-branched entity having three elastomeric branches connected to one and the same silicon atom belonging to a functional group bearing or not bearing a function capable of interacting with a reinforcing filler,
  • less than or equal to 15% by weight of entity functionalized at the chain end by a functional group bearing a function —Si(OR)₂, in which R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical, and optionally bearing another function capable of interacting with a reinforcing filler, and
  • a content of less than or equal to 15% by weight of non-functional diene elastomer.

A process for producing cured rubber is disclosed wherein the process comprises:

• • A) mixing rubber, carbon black, and azodicarbonamide without other curative ingredients;
  • B) adding the remaining curative ingredients in one or more subsequent mixing steps; and then
  • C) curing the rubber;

whereby a cured rubber having improved hysteresis is obtained.

The cured rubber thus obtained is particularly useful in tires and tire treads.

The present disclosure relates to a transmission (TM) mount that is capable of reducing costs and a weight by removing a separate stopper (component). The transmission (TM) mount improves handling performance taking advantage of elastic properties of a rubber component in a left/right direction (lateral direction). The stopper for a transmission (TM) mount includes a housing bracket into which an insulator is press-fitted, a lower plate which is positioned at a lower end of the insulator and connected, together with the housing bracket, to a vehicle body through a curling structure, an inner core which is disposed at a central portion of the insulator, and a bridge which is installed at a lower side of the inner core so as to control a lateral displacement. The bridge is tightly fixed to a fixing piece formed in the lower plate.

A rubber composition comprising silica that has a BET specific surface area of not more than 130 m²/g and hardness of granulated particles as measured based on JIS K6221-1982 6.3.3 of not less than 23.5 cN can provide a rubber composition which is excellent in rubber physical properties while maintaining energy efficiency. A tire comprising a component consisted of the rubber composition can be also provided.

A modified diene elastomer is provided. The elastomer comprises:

• • at least 70% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the modified diene elastomer, of a linear diene elastomer functionalized predominantly in the middle of the chain by an alkoxysilane group, optionally partially or completely hydrolysed to give silanol, the alkoxysilane group optionally bearing another functional group capable of interacting with a reinforcing filler, the alkoxysilane group bonded to the two branches of the diene elastomer via the silicon atom, the functionalized diene elastomer exhibiting a polydispersity index before fractionalization of less than or equal to 1.6; and
  • more than 0 and up to 30% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the modified diene elastomer, of a star-branched diene elastomer exhibiting a polydispersity index before star-branching of less than or equal to 1.6,
  • the Mooney viscosity of the modified diene elastomer varying from 30 to 80.