Rubber composition for inner liner and tire having inner liner using the same

• Main Author: HIRAYAMA TOMOAKI,WADA TAKAO,UCHIDA MAMORU,TOMITA TAKEHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.07.2007
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A rubber composition for an inner liner in which rubber strength can be improved without increasing rolling resistance and air permeability, and a tire having an inner liner, which comprises the same, can be provided. The rubber composition for an inner liner comprises silica in an amount of 30 to 45 parts by weight, and carbon black in an amount of not more than 5 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising not less than 30% by weight of an epoxidized natural rubber and 70% by weight of a natural rubber; and calcium stearate in an amount of 2 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the epoxidized natural rubber, and the tire has an inner liner, which comprises the rubber composition.