Patent ID: 9163126
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A tire tread comprising a rubber composition comprising: 100 parts of at least one elastomer selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of isoprene, homopolymers of 1,3-butadiene, copolymers of isoprene and 1,3-butadiene, copolymers of isoprene and styrene, copolymers of isoprene and α-methylstyrene, copolymers of 1,3-butadiene and styrene, and copolymers of 1,3-butadiene and α-methylstyrene, wherein the at least one elastomer is the total elastomer of the rubber composition, from about 50 phr to about 120 phr silica reinforcing filler, from about 0 phr to about 30 phr carbon black reinforcing filler, from 3 phr to about 6 phr of rosin acid, and from about 1 phr to about 7 phr of zinc oxide, wherein the rubber composition is free from stearic acid.