The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Rubber composition with precipitated silica partially pre-hydrophobated with alkylsilane coupled to an elastomer in situ within the rubber composition and tire with component

Abstract:

The invention relates to a rubber composition containing diene based elastomer(s) coupled with a silica coupler in situ in the rubber composition to a precipitated silica which is partially pre-hydrophobated with an alkylsilane, its preparation and to a tire containing a component comprised of such rubber composition.