The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Tire with tread for low temperature performance and wet traction

Abstract:

This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of cold weather service at low temperatures and wet traction. The tread is of a rubber composition containing cis 1,4-polybutadiene and dual styrene/butadiene elastomers with reinforcing filler comprised of pre-hydrophobated precipitated silica and rubber reinforcing carbon black. The tread rubber composition may contain triglyceride vegetable oil such as soybean oil.