A tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed from at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements and at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements, wherein, the tensile modulus of elasticity at 10% elongation of at least one skim coat of at least one working crown layer is greater than 9 MPa and the maximum value of tan(), denoted tan()max, of said skim coat is less than 0.100.

A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern including center lug grooves, shoulder lug grooves, a pair of circumferential primary grooves formed in wave-like shapes by alternately connecting ends of the center lug grooves and ends of the shoulder lug grooves and having a smaller width than the width of the shoulder lug grooves, center blocks defined by the center lug groove and the circumferential primary grooves, and a circumferential secondary groove extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to divide regions of the center blocks. The belt portion includes two or greater pairs of belts. The ratio of the width W8 of a belt having a smaller width in each of the belt pairs to the width W7 of a belt having a greater width is 0.75 or greater and 0.90 or less.

A pneumatic vehicle tire of a radial type of construction is for heavy trucks and has a four-ply belt (3). Each belt ply (7, 8, 9, 10) contains steel cords as reinforcing elements which run parallel to one another in each belt ply. Not only are the angles (, ) that the steel cords in the second and third belt plies (8, 9) form with the circumferential direction (A-A) approximately equal, but also the angles (, ) that the steel cords in the first and fourth belt plies (7, 10) form with the circumferential direction (A-A) are likewise approximately equal.

The invention relates to a tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements the ends of which are radially uncoupled by a polymer compound. According to the invention, the reinforcing elements of at least one working crown layer are metal cords with saturated layers, at least one internal layer being sheathed with a layer consisting of a polymer composition such as a rubber composition and in each of the shoulders of the tire, at least the uncoupling polymer compound in contact with the ends of at least two working crown layers exhibits, in the sorption test, a gas content lower than 0.06 m.sup.3.sub.STP/m.sup.3.sub.ML.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer formed by laminating an angle belt having a belt angle 45 and 70 in absolute values, a pair of cross belts, having belt angles of 10 and 45 in absolute values and having belt angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of 5 with respect to a tire circumferential direction. A tread width TW and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.82TW/Wca0.92. A width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer such that 0.60Ws/Wca0.70.

A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer that is disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber that is disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the belt layer. The pneumatic tire also includes at least three circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are defined by these circumferential main grooves. The belt layer includes an inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt having belt angles of not less than 51 and not more than 80 as absolute values with respect to the tire circumferential direction, the belt angles having mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle that satisfies a range of 5 with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

A pneumatic tire includes an inner-side cross belt and an outer-side cross belt forming belt angles of mutually different signs with the tire circumferential direction with absolute values from 46 to 80, inclusive; a circumferential reinforcing layer arranged between the inner-side cross belt and the outer-side cross belt and forming a belt angle of 5 with the tire circumferential direction; and a supplemental belt arranged outside the outer-side cross belt in the radial direction of the tire and forming a belt angle with the tire circumferential direction with an absolute value between 10 and 45 inclusive.

A tire having a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers having unequal axial widths, a layer C of rubber mixture being positioned between at least the ends of the said at least two working crown layers, and the crown reinforcement having at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements positioned radially between two working crown layers. The distance d between the end of the axially narrowest working layer and the working layer separated from the axially narrowest working layer by the layer C of rubber mixture is such that 1.1<d<2.2, being the diameter of the reinforcing elements of the said at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements, and, in a meridian plane, the thickness of the layer C of rubber mixture is substantially uniform.

In a pneumatic tire, a belt layer includes an inner-side cross belt and an outer-side cross belt having an absolute value of belt angle with respect to a tire circumferential direction of not less than 46 degrees and not more than 80 degrees and having belt angles with signs that are opposite to each other; and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction within the range of 5 degrees and disposed between the inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt. Also, a distance Gcc on a tire equatorial plane from a tread profile to a tire inner circumferential surface and a distance Gsh from a tread edge to the tire inner circumferential surface satisfy a relationship 1.10Gsh/Gcc.

A belt layer of a pneumatic tire includes an inner-side cross belt and an outer-side cross belt forming belt angles of mutually different signs with the tire circumferential direction with absolute values from 46 to 80, inclusive; a circumferential reinforcing layer arranged between the inner-side cross belt and the outer-side cross belt and forming a belt angle of within 5 with the tire circumferential direction; and a supplemental belt arranged inside of the inner-side cross belt in the radial direction of the tire and forming a belt angle with the tire circumferential direction with an absolute value from 10 to 45, inclusive.