ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,382, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Rubber composition" was invented by Tenko Hayashi (Tokyo) and Christine Nourry (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition is based on at least an elastomer matrix comprising at least one first diene elastomer bearing at least one SiOR1 function, R1 being a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, the SiOR1 function not located at the chain ends of the first diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler comprising a reinforcing inorganic filler, and a plasticizing agent comprising a liquid plasticizer comprising a l...