Tire with metallized organic short fibers

摘要

The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire (10) including at least one component. The component includes a rubber composition. The rubber composition includes a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a metallized organic short fiber, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer. The organic short fibers having a length from 1 mm to 5 mm. Preferably, both the length and the ends of the short fibers are completely coated with a layer of metal or metal alloy.