US Patent Issued to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER on July 29 for "Coupling system for silica containing rubber compounds" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,548, issued on July 29, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).

"Coupling system for silica containing rubber compounds" was invented by Yuan-Yong Yan (Copley, Ohio), Justin Yinket Che (Wadsworth, Ohio), Eric Sean Castner (Uniontown, Ohio) and Paul Harry Sandstrom (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sulfur-vulcanizable rubber compound comprises a silane functionalized diene elastomer, a dual silane coupling system, and a silica filler. The non-active sulfur containing silane coupling agent excludes an active sulfur moiety. The rubber compound is a reaction product of a siloxyl condensation...