Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090114329 | PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING A FLEXIBLE MOLD RELEASABLE PROTECTIVE LAYER - An inorganic powder mold release agent at the surface of an air permeation preventive layer is prevented from falling off, using a thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition. | 05-07-2009 |
20090165914 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - A pneumatic tire having an air permeation preventive layer formed by adhering a resin film containing thermoplastic resin as a main component thereof to a tire inner wall surface, wherein the resin film is laminated, as a narrow width slit film shape, with an elastomer and the resultant ribbon-shaped laminate is continuously and spirally wound in a tire circumferential direction so that the edges thereof partially overlap to thereby form the air permeation preventive layer, whereby a pneumatic tire having a light weight and superior air permeation preventive property, no splice openings of the air permeation preventive layer at the time of tire processing, and capable of shortening the processing time can be obtained as well as the production method thereof. | 07-02-2009 |
20090288749 | PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING LIGHT SHIELDING LAYER ON SURFACE - A pneumatic tire having, as an air permeation preventive layer on the surface thereof, a layer of a thermoplastic resin or a layer of a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic resin, in which an elastomer component is dispersed, arranged and further having, on the surface of the layer of the thermoplastic resin or the layer of the thermoplastic elastomer composition, a light-blocking layer having a light transmittance of less than 10% in the range of a wavelength of 280 to 400 nm, wherein degradation of the air permeation preventive layer by sunlight is prevented using the thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition. | 11-26-2009 |
20100024941 | LOW MOISTURE PERMEABILITY LAMINATE CONSTRUCTION - An article having a fluid permeation prevention layer, such as a pneumatic tire or hose. A tire for example includes an outer tread layer, intermediate sidewall and carcass layers and an innermost air permeation prevention layer: (i) the air permeation prevention (APP) layer having an upper and a lower surface, the layer having a polymer composition exhibiting an air permeation coefficient (APC) of about 25×1O′12 cc cm/cm2 sec cmHg (at 30* C) or less and a Young's modulus of about 1 MPa to about 500 MPa, the polymer composition comprising: (A) at least 10 wt % of at least one. thermoplastic resin component having an APC of about 25×1O″12 cc cm/cm2 sec cmHg (at 30° C.) or less and a Young's modulus of more than 500 MPa, which is preferably a polyamide resin or mixture, and (B) at least 10 wt % of at least one elastomer component having an APC of more than about 25×10″12 cc cm/cm2 sec cmHg (at 30° C.) and a Young's modulus of not more than 500 MPa, which elastomer component is preferably a halogen-containing rubber or mixture, the total amount (A)+(B) being not less than about 30 wt %, and the elastomer component is a dispersed vulcanized, discontinuous phase in the thermoplastic resin matrix; and (ii) at least one thermoplastic laminate layer bonded to at least said lower surface of the APP layer, the thermoplastic layer comprising a film-forming, semi-crystalline, substantially hydrophobic carbon chain polymer having a glass transition temperature, Tg, of less than about −200 C. | 02-04-2010 |
20100071823 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING LIGHT BLOCKING PROTECTIVE LAYER ON SURFACE OF AIR PERMEATION PREVENTIVE LAYER - A method of production of a pneumatic tire having a layer of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprised of a thermoplastic resin in which an elastomer component is dispersed arranged as an air permeation preventive layer on the inner surface of the tire and having a light blocking protective layer for preventing degradation caused by sunlight, placed on the surface of the air permeation preventive layer after vulcanization. | 03-25-2010 |
20100186866 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprising an air permeation preventive layer comprising a film of a thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyvinyl alcohol or ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, to which a protective film of a rubber composition containing an ethylene propylene rubber (EPM) or ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM) is, directly or via an adhesive, placed adjacent thereto, as one layer in at least one side thereof, whereby both a further reduction in the air leakage rate of the pneumatic tire and a good durability can be achieved and furthermore a reduction in the weight of the tire can be achieved. | 07-29-2010 |
20120041108 | STABILIZED DYNAMICALLY VULCANIZED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN FLUID BARRIER APPLICATIONS - A stabilized, dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising dispersed dynamically vulcanized particles of at least one first elastomer or rubber comprising halogenated isobutylene-containing elastomer and dispersed particles of at least one second elastomer or rubber comprising at least one functional group capable of reacting with and grafting to a polyamide, the particles of the at least one first and at least one second elastomers dispersed in a continuous thermoplastic polyamide or nylon resin matrix comprising at least one nylon homopolymer, nylon copolymer or mixture thereof, the composition or the at least one first elastomer further comprising at least one stabilizer against degradation induced by exposure to actinic, particularly ultraviolet, radiation. The compositions are preferably produced in a mixing extruder and are suitable for producing durable, flexible, thermoplastic elastomer fluid barrier films or layers useful in industrial articles such as vehicle tire innerliners and hoses. | 02-16-2012 |
20120111469 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING SAME - Provided is an adhesive composition that provides excellent adhesion between a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer in which an elastomer component is dispersed in the thermoplastic resin and a tire by a combination of general-purpose materials, without using any special polymer. The adhesive composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a base polymer and 20 to 50 parts by weight of a resol-type phenolic resin-based resin crosslinking agent, wherein 100 parts by weight of the base polymer comprises 80 to 99 parts by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer and 1 to 20 parts by weight of a halogenated rubber. The resol-type phenolic resin-based resin crosslinking agent is preferably an alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin. Examples of the thermoplastic elastomer can include styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, and examples of the halogenated rubber can include chloroprene rubber and chlorosulfonated polyethylene. | 05-10-2012 |