Patent ID: 8148452

Claim:
A rubber composition for coating a tire cord comprising 0.7 to 3 parts by weight of benzothiazolyl sulfenamide or benzothiazolyl sulfenimide represented by the chemical formula (1): wherein R 1 is a linear alkyl group having a branched structure of 4 to 16 carbon atoms, and R 2 is a linear alkyl group having a branched structure of 4 to 16 carbon atoms or a benzothiazolyl sulfide group based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing at least 60% by weight of a natural rubber and/or an isoprene rubber, 45 to 70 parts by weight of carbon black based on 100 parts be weight of said rubber component or 4 to 20 parts by weight of silica based on 100 parts by weight of said rubber component and 3 to 7 parts by weight of sulfur based on 100 parts by weight of said rubber component, and 0.05 to 0.2 parts by weight of an organic cobalt converted to cobalt based on 100 parts by weight of said rubber component and wherein said rubber composition does not contain either resorcin resin or cresol resin.