Rubber crawler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11066540-B2
Application number	US-201916369938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2019
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a rubber crawler including a guide rubber that is reduced in heat generation and excellent in abrasion resistance and an inner peripheral rubber that is excellent in scratch resistance and abrasion resistance and having excellent adhesiveness between the guide rubber and the inner peripheral rubber.
The rubber crawler of the present invention includes a guide rubber obtained by crosslinking a guide rubber composition and an inner peripheral rubber obtained by crosslinking an inner peripheral rubber composition, the guide rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) and a carbon black (B), the rubber component (A) containing a butadiene rubber and at least one selected from a natural rubber and isoprene rubber, and containing 50 to 80% by mass of the natural rubber and the isoprene rubber and 20 to 50% by mass of the butadiene rubber, the carbon black (B) containing a carbon black (B-1) having an N 2 SA of 60 to 125 m 2 /g and a DBP absorption of less than 130 mL/100 g and a carbon black (B-2) having an N 2 SA of less than 60 m 2 /g and a DBP absorption of 110 mL/100 g or more, and a total content of the carbon black (B-1) and the carbon black (B-2) is 25 to 65 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; the inner peripheral rubber composition containing a rubber component (a) and a carbon black (b), the rubber component (a) containing 60 to 100% by mass of SBR and 0 to 40% by mass of a diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber, and a carbon black in an amount of 50 to 70 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rubber crawler comprising a guide rubber obtained by crosslinking a guide rubber composition and an inner peripheral rubber obtained by crosslinking an inner peripheral rubber composition,
the guide rubber composition containing a rubber component (A) and a carbon black (B),
the rubber component (A) containing a butadiene rubber and at least one selected from a natural rubber and isoprene rubber, and containing 50 to 80% by mass in total of the natural rubber and the isoprene rubber and 20 to 50% by mass of the butadiene rubber,
the carbon black (B) containing a carbon black (B-1) having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 60 to 125 m 2 /g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of less than 130 mL/100 g, and a carbon black (B-2) having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of less than 60 m 2 /g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 110 mL/100 g or more, and
a total content of the carbon black (B-1) and the carbon black (B-2) is 25 to 65 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A);
the inner peripheral rubber composition containing a rubber component (a) and a carbon black (b),
the rubber component (a) containing 60 to 100% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber and 0 to 40% by mass of a diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber, and
a content of the carbon black (b) is 50 to 70 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (a).

2. The rubber crawler according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio ((B-1)/(B-2)) of the content of the carbon black (B-1) to the content of the carbon black (B-2) is from 2/1 to ¼.

3. The rubber crawler according to claim 1 , which is a coreless rubber crawler.

4. The rubber crawler according to claim 1 , which is of a friction drive type rubber crawler.

5. The rubber crawler according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber component (a) contains 5 to 40 mass % of the diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber.

6. The rubber crawler according to claim 5 , wherein the diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber is at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber, an isoprene rubber, a butadiene rubber, and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.

7. The rubber crawler according to claim 5 , wherein a mass ratio ((B-1)/(B-2)) of the content of the carbon black (B-1) to the content of the carbon black (B-2) is from 2/1 to ¼.

8. The rubber crawler according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rubber composition further contains a fatty acid amide (C) in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A).

9. The rubber crawler according to claim 8 , wherein a mass ratio ((B-1)/(B-2)) of the content of the carbon black (B-1) to the content of the carbon black (B-2) is from 2/1 to ¼.

10. The rubber crawler according to claim 8 , which is a coreless rubber crawler.

11. The rubber crawler according to claim 8 , which is of a friction drive type rubber crawler.

12. The rubber crawler according to claim 8 , wherein the rubber component (a) contains 5 to 40 mass % of the diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber.

13. The rubber crawler according to claim 12 , wherein the diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber is at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber, an isoprene rubber, a butadiene rubber, and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.

14. The rubber crawler according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon black (b) is a carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 40 to 125 m 2 /g and a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 95 mL/100 g or more.

15. The rubber crawler according to claim 14 , wherein the guide rubber composition further contains a fatty acid amide (C) in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A).

16. The rubber crawler according to claim 14 , wherein a mass ratio ((B-1)/(B-2)) of the content of the carbon black (B-1) to the content of the carbon black (B-2) is from 2/1 to ¼.

17. The rubber crawler according to claim 14 , which is a coreless rubber crawler.

18. The rubber crawler according to claim 14 , which is of a friction drive type rubber crawler.

19. The rubber crawler according to claim 14 , wherein the rubber component (a) contains 5 to 40 mass % of the diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber.

20. The rubber crawler according to claim 19 , wherein the diene-based rubber other than the styrene-butadiene rubber is at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber, an isoprene rubber, a butadiene rubber, and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Tanimoto Yoshikazu

Classifications

• C08L7/00 Primary

  Compositions of natural rubber · CPC title

• C08L2205/03

  containing three or more polymers in a blend · CPC title

• C08L2312/02

  with dienes · CPC title

• B62D55/244

  Moulded in one piece, with either smooth surfaces or surfaces having projections, e.g. incorporating reinforcing elements · CPC title

• B32B25/00

  Layered products comprising {a layer of} natural or synthetic rubber {(fibrous or filamentary layer made of a natural or synthetic rubber B32B5/02; particulate layer made of a natural or synthetic rubber B32B5/16; foamed layer made of a natural or synthetic rubber B32B5/18)} · CPC title