Patent ID: 8815995
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B60C,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition, comprising: a diene rubber selected from one or more natural rubbers, one or more synthetic rubbers or combinations thereof; a reinforcing filler selected from an inorganic filler, an organic filler or combinations thereof; and a petroleum hydrocarbon resin having a number-average molecular weight of between 750 and 1000 g/mole, a glass transition temperature of between 20° C. and 40° C. and a polydispersity index of between 2.0 and 2.5, wherein the resin comprises units resulting from the polymerization of dicyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene codimers with an olefinic composition of C8 through C18 olefins.