	US 12,030,350 B2
	Methods for treating inner liner surface, inner liners resulting therefrom and tires containing such inner liners
Kung-Ching Liao, Copley, OH (US); Joshua P. Abell, Franklin, TN (US); and Jenny L. Sheaffer, Waite Hill, OH (US)
Assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,065.
Application 17/646,065 is a continuation of application No. 15/629,096, filed on Jun. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,207,919.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/352,621, filed on Jun. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194128 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 1/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/06 (2006.01); B60C 5/04 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/48 (2006.01); B60C 5/14 (2006.01); B60C 17/00 (2006.01); B60C 19/00 (2006.01); B60C 19/12 (2006.01)

CPC B60C 5/04 (2013.01) [B29D 30/0681 (2013.01); B60C 1/0008 (2013.01); B29D 30/0005 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0682 (2013.01); B29D 2030/483 (2013.01); B60C 5/14 (2013.01); B60C 17/00 (2013.01); B60C 19/002 (2013.01); B60C 19/122 (2013.01); B60C 19/127 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A cured tire comprising:

a treated, cured inner liner having a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm, comprising rubber a majority by weight of which comprises butyl rubber and 10-100 phr of at least one filler comprising carbon black, clay, or silica, and having an upper and a lower surface wherein the lower surface is radially inward facing and further comprises silicon atoms within silanol moieties, wherein the silanol moieties are present in an amount such that a majority by weight of the silicon atoms are contained within silanol moieties,

at least one component radially inner of the inner liner.