US 12,031,038 B2
Tread rubber composition and pneumatic tire
Hiroshi Ito, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/542,448.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-170572 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0079936 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. C08L 9/06 (2006.01); B60C 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC C08L 9/06 (2013.01) [B60C 1/0016 (2013.01); C08L 2201/08 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01); C08L 2207/324 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
 
1. A pneumatic tire, comprising a tread comprising a tread rubber composition, the tread rubber composition having acetone extractable contents before and after heat aging (denoted by “AEf” and “AEo”, respectively) that satisfy the following relationships 1) and 2):
1) AEf≥16.0%; and
2) AEo/AEf×100≥ 95%; wherein
the acetone extractable content is determined by a method for measuring acetone extractable content according to JIS K6229:2015, and
the heat aging is carried out under heat aging conditions of 80° C. for 168 hours in accordance with JIS K6257:2010,
wherein in the tread rubber composition, the amount of styrene-butadiene rubber based on 100% by mass of rubber component is 80 to 95% by mass, and the amount of polybutadiene rubber based on 100% by mass of rubber component is 5 to 20% by mass,
wherein the tread rubber composition comprises silica, and at least one of a liquid polymer or a resin, and
a combined amount of the liquid polymer and the resin per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component in the tread rubber composition is 30 to 100 parts by mass.