Patent ID: 6302173
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B60C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tire comprising:a tread rubber of which radially outer surface forms the ground contacting face of the tire,the tread rubber comprising a conductive rubber and a less-conductive rubber,the conductive rubber forminga base tread portion which defines the radially inner surface of the tread rubber, and on which the less-conductive rubber is disposed, anda ground-contacting portion extending radially outwardly from the base tread portion to the ground contacting face,the conductive rubber being compounded from100 parts by weight of diene rubber and2 to 30 parts by weight of conductive short fibers,the conductive short fibers being formed by coating reinforcing short fibers with a conductive substance selected from the group consisting of a polyaniline and alkyleneoxide, andthe conductive rubber having a volume resistance of less than 1.times.10.sup.8 ohm cm.