Patent ID: 7640957

Claim:
A pneumatic tire having a thin tread having a maximum thickness of about three centimeters and a running surface, wherein said tread is of a rubber composition comprised of, based upon parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of rubber (phr): (A) 100 parts by weight of at least one conjugated diene-based elastomer selected from at least one of polymers of isoprene and/or 1,3-butadiene and copolymers of styrene and isoprene and/or 1,3-butadiene, (B) rubber processing oil and rubber reinforcing filler within a range of from about 80 to about 400 phr, consisting of from about 30 to about 200 phr rubber processing oil and from about 50 to about 150 phr of rubber reinforcing filler consisting of particulate acetylene carbon black having a DBP value of about 202 cc/100 g and an NSA value of about 102 m 2 /g; wherein said rubber processing oil is selected from at least one of aromatic, naphthenic and paraffinic based rubber processing oils.