US Patent Issued to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER on Aug. 4 for "VOC-free coupling agents for rubber compositions" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,377, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).

"VOC-free coupling agents for rubber compositions" was invented by Yuan-Yong Yan (Copley, Ohio) and Gyusaang Youn (Copley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling agent, a rubber composition, and a shaped article formed from the rubber composition, such as a pneumatic tire, are described. The coupling agent is represented by Formula I, and is capable of linking a substrate, such as a mineral oxide, carbon black or brass, to an unsaturated elastomer: where FG1 and FG2 each represent a functionalized arylene group, which can be the same or di...