Patent ID: 8637606
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B60C,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A tire tread composition comprising silica, carbon black, sulfur, a rubber component selected from the group consisting of synthetic diene rubber and natural rubber, and an oligomeric resin derived from component a) comprising at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of terpenes and mono- and bi-cyclic mono- and bi-unsaturated hydrocarbons, component b) comprising at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl aromatic compounds and component c) comprising at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of phenolic compounds wherein the tire tread composition has improved handling performance as evidenced by an increased dynamic storage modulus (E′) at 50° C. or 60° C. compared with that of a similar composition prepared in the absence of the resin.