Patent ID: 9156968
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60C,C08C,C08F,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A reinforced rubber composition based on at least: a diene elastomer, a non-reinforcing filler comprising from 3 to 30 phr of a thermoplastic polymer, a reinforcing filler comprising a reinforcing inorganic filler, a coupling agent providing the bond between the diene elastomer and the reinforcing inorganic filler, wherein the thermoplastic polymer has a number-average molar mass, Mn, between 500 g/mol and 20000 g/mol, contains exclusively vinylaromatic units, and bears, at least one chain end, a specific functional group selected from the group consisting of Si(OR R R n represents an integer ranging from 1 to 3, p represents an integer ranging from 2 to 30.