Patent ID: 6079468
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B60C,C08K

Abstract:
An article consisting of a tire, hose, belt or shoe sole and containing a rubber compound comprising:(a) a rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, a rubber derived from a diene monomer and mixtures thereof,(b) from about 0.1 to about 10 phr of a bismaleimide compound of the general formula: ##STR9## wherein R is a divalent acyclic aliphatic group having from about 2 to 16 carbon atoms, cyclic aliphatic group having from about 5 to 20 carbon atoms, aromatic group having from about 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or alkylaromatic group having from about 7 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein these divalent groups may contain a hetero atom selected from O, N and S; X is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3 and Y is hydrogen or --CH.sub.3 ; and(c) from about 0.1 phr to about 10 phr of a compound of the general formula: ##STR10## where R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, cycloalkylene radicals having from 6 to 24 carbon atoms and arylene radicals having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, alkarylene radicals having from 7 to 25 carbon atoms and divalent radicals of the formula: ##STR11##