ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,092, issued on June 3, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).
"Plasticizer system and rubber composition for pneumatic tire" was invented by Nihat Ali Isitman (Hudson, Ohio) and Matthew Adam Goldberg (Munroe Falls, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a plasticizer system for use in a tread rubber composition. The plasticizer system is partially derived from or devoid of petroleum-based oils and resins. The pneumatic tire has a tread of a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr): from about 10 to about 60 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-buta...