Patent ID: 11926179
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 16:
17. A pneumatic tire comprising:
(i) a tread;
(ii) a carcass;
(iii) an optional innerliner layer;
(iv) a pair of sidewall supports disposed on the carcass or on the optional innerliner layer, if present, where said sidewall supports are prepared from a vulcanizable composition including an elastomer, a filler, a curative, an antioxidant, and a eutectic composition, where the eutectic composition is selected from the group consisting of a combination of a quaternary ammonium salt with a metal halide (Type I eutectic composition), a combination of a quaternary ammonium salt and a metal halide hydrate (Type II eutectic composition), a combination of a quaternary ammonium salt and a hydrogen bond donor (Type III eutectic composition), and a combination of a metal halide hydrate and a hydrogen bond donor (Type IV eutectic composition).