Rubber composition for tire tread and tire manufactured by using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11628688-B2
Application number	US-202017060492-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2020
Priority date	Nov 29, 2019
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed are a rubber composition for tire tread and a tire manufactured using the same, in which the rubber composition for tire tread comprises a raw material rubber, which comprises a first solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber with a low glass transition temperature (Tg) and a second solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber with a high glass transition temperature (Tg), a reinforcing filler, a silane coupling agent, a functionalized liquid polymer, and a first resin with a high glass transition temperature and a second resin with a low glass transition temperature.
The rubber composition for tire tread maximizes the dispersion of silica and the interaction with rubber, and thus, the rubber composition is excellent in all of the properties with respect to wear resistance, low fuel economy, and braking performance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rubber composition for tire tread, comprising:
100 parts by weight of a raw material rubber, which comprises 30 to 60 parts by weight of a first solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −70° C. to −45° C.; and 20 to 50 parts by weight of a second solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −50° C. to −20° C.;
80 to 110 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler; based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material rubber;
6 to 12 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material rubber;
5 to 20 parts by weight of a functionalized liquid polymer based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material rubber; and
at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a first resin with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20° C. to 90° C. and a second resin with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −25° C. to −10° C.;
wherein a content of the first resin is 0 to 30 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material rubber, and
wherein a content of the second resin is 0 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material rubber,
wherein the first solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber has a styrene content of 5 wt % to 30 wt %, has a vinyl content of 10 wt % to 35 wt %, and has a molecular weight distribution (a poly dispersity index) of 2 to 5, and both ends are modified into an amine or aminosilane, and
wherein oil is contained in an amount of 0 to 35 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.

2. The rubber composition for tire tread of claim 1 , wherein the second solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber has a styrene content of 15 wt % to 40 wt %, has a vinyl content of 20 wt % to 50 wt %, and an end is modified into aminosilane, and
wherein oil is contained in an amount of greater than 0 parts by weight to 37.5 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.

3. The rubber composition for tire tread of claim 1 , wherein the raw material rubber further comprises:
20 to 50 parts by weight of a third solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, which comprises oil, has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −60° C. to −40° C., has a styrene content of 23 wt % to 27 wt %, has a vinyl content of 18 wt % to 22 wt %, and an end is modified into aminosilane; or
20 to 50 parts by weight of butadiene rubber, which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −120° C. to −105° C.

4. The rubber composition for tire tread of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing filler is a silica, which has a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 150 m 2 /g to 300 m 2 /g, has a CTAB adsorption specific surface area of 140 m 2 /g to 280 m 2 /g, and has a pH of 5 to 8.

5. The rubber composition for tire tread of claim 1 , wherein the silane coupling agent is bis-(triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulfide (TESPT).

6. The rubber composition for tire tread of claim 1 , wherein the functionalized liquid polymer is a polybutadiene liquid polymer, which has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 2,000 g/mol to 15,000 g/mol, has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −50° C. to −25° C., and an end is modified to silane.

7. The rubber composition for tire tread of claim 1 , wherein the rubber composition for tire tread comprises:
the first resin, which has a softening point of 90° C. to 130° C., has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20° C. to 90° C., and in which aliphatic or naphthenic and aromatic are copolymerized; and
the second resin, which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −25° C. to −10° C., and in which aliphatic and aromatic are copolymerized,
at a weight ratio of 1:0 to 3:1.

8. A tire manufactured using the rubber composition for tire tread according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Hankook Tire & Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Ki Won
• Jeon Byeong Joo
• Ahn Sae Um

Classifications

• Y02T10/86

  Optimisation of rolling resistance, e.g. weight reduction · CPC title

• C08C19/25

  Incorporating silicon atoms into the molecule · CPC title

• C08K5/548

  containing sulfur {(C08K5/5477 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60C1/0016 Primary

  Compositions of the tread · CPC title

• C08L9/06 Primary

  Copolymers with styrene · CPC title