Patent 7999036 was granted and assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving grip performance and abrasion resistance and a tire prepared by using the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises 0.5 to 150 parts by weight of thermoplastic polyurethane prepared from a conjugated diene polymer modified with hydroxyl groups at both ends thereof or an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer modified with hydroxyl groups at both ends thereof based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a diene rubber. The tire of the present invention is prepared by using the rubber composition.