Elastomer composition for a tire object having a self-sealing property

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9677025-B2
Application number	US-201514883202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2015
Priority date	Jan 28, 2010
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

Elastomer composition having a self-sealing property which can be used in particular as puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, based on at least (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer): a blend of at least two solid elastomers, a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer elastomer, referred to as “elastomer A”, and a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene elastomer, referred to as “elastomer B”, the elastomer A: elastomer B ratio by weight being within a range from 10:90 to 90:10; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler. Inflatable article, such as a tire, provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising this elastomer composition; the puncture-resistant layer is advantageously used in combination with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber or TPS elastomer, in order to form, in the inflatable article, an airtight and puncture-resistant laminate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inflatable article comprising a puncture-resistant layer, said layer comprising an elastomer composition having a self-sealing property, wherein the composition comprises (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer):
a blend of at least two solid elastomers, a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer elastomer, referred to as “elastomer A”, and a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene elastomer, referred to as “elastomer B”, the elastomer A: elastomer B ratio by weight being within a range from 10:90 to 90:10;
between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; and
from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler.

2. The article according to claim 1 , wherein said layer has a thickness of greater than 0.3 mm.

3. The article according to claim 2 , wherein said layer has a thickness of between 0.5 mm and 10 mm.

4. The article according to claim 1 , wherein said layer is deposited on the internal wall of the inflatable article.

5. The article according to claim 1 , wherein the inflatable article is an article made of rubber.

6. The article according to claim 5 , wherein the inflatable article is a tire.

7. The article according to claim 1 , wherein said layer is used in combination with an airtight layer, thus forming a self-sealing and airtight laminate.

8. The article according to claim 7 , wherein the airtight layer is based on butyl rubber or a thermoplastic stirene elastomer.

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie
• Michelin Rech Tech

Inventors

• Voge Bozena
• Pelissier Vincent
• LOPEZ JOSé MERINO

Classifications

• B29C48/37

  Gear pumps · CPC title

• B29C73/163

  Sealing compositions or agents, e.g. combined with propellant agents · CPC title

• B29B7/7461

  Combinations of dissimilar mixers · CPC title

• B29D2030/0682

  Inner liners · CPC title

• C08L45/00

  Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having no unsaturated aliphatic radicals in side chain, and having one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in a carbocyclic or in a heterocyclic ring system; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers (of cyclic anhydrides or imides C08L35/00; of cyclic esters of polyfunctional acids C08L31/00) · CPC title