Patent ID: 8664305

Claim:
A tire having a component comprised of a rubber composition comprised of: (A) at least one conjugated diene-based elastomer consisting of at least one of polymers and copolymers consisting of at least one conjugated diene selected from isoprene and 1,3-butadiene, and copolymers consisting of styrene with at least one conjugated diene selected from isoprene and 1,3-butadiene, and (B) reinforcing filler without synthetic amorphous silica consisting of: (1) silylated lignosulfonate, or (2) a combination of silylated lignosulfonate and rubber reinforcing carbon black, wherein said lignosulfonate contains sulfonate constituents and one or more of resident hydroxyl, methoxyl, carbonyl, and carboxy moieties, wherein said lignosulfonate is silylated with at least one of (trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate; allyltrimethoxysilane; 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propane-1-thiol; isobutyltrimethoxysilane and 3-(dimethoxysilyl)propane-1-thiol.