Patent ID: 7368490

Claim:
A rubber comprising: (a) α,β-unsaturated cyclic imidoalkoxysilane of the general formula: wherein R 1 is an alkylene or cycloalkylene group of from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms or an arylene group of from 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 each is independently is an alkoxy, an alkyl or cycloalkyl group of from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms or an aryl group of from 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from about 1 to about 20; (b) at least one particulate filler; and (c) at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of (i) solution polymerization-derived styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) having from about 10 to about 80 percent vinyl content; (ii) emulsion polymerization-derived rubber; and (iii) butadiene rubber having from about 5 to about 99 percent cis content and from about 0 to about 50 percent vinyl content; (iv) synthetic isoprene rubber; (v) natural rubber; and (vi) any mixtures thereof.