A pneumatic tire including a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead cores, a first ply, and a second ply being discontinuous and having a pair of ply pieces. The first ply includes a central portion positioned in the tread portion, a pair of side portions extending from opposite ends of the central portion, and a pair of folded-up portions folded up around the respective pair of bead cores. The pair of ply pieces each includes a side portion extending from an inner end, and a folded-up portion folded up around any one of the pair of bead cores. In each of the sidewall portions, the first ply has a plurality of first cords extending in the tire radial direction, and the pair of ply pieces each has a plurality of second cords extending at an angle from the first cords.

A pneumatic tire includes bead cores, a carcass ply and a belt. The carcass ply includes: a first ply having a central portion positioned inward of the belt in the tire radial direction, a pair of side portions extending inward from opposite ends of the central portion in the tire radial direction, and folded-up portions extending from the respective side portions, being folded up around the respective bead cores; and a second ply being discontinuous and disposed outward of the first ply in the tire radial direction, having a pair of ply pieces provided with inner ends positioned on respective sides of the central portion of the first ply, side portions extending inward from the respective inner ends in the tire radial direction, and folded-up portions extending from the respective side portions, being folded up around the respective bead cores. The first ply has a ply-overlapping portion.

A pneumatic tire includes bead cores, a carcass ply and a belt. The carcass ply includes: a first ply having a central portion positioned inward of the belt in the tire radial direction, a pair of side portions extending inward from opposite ends of the central portion in the tire radial direction, and folded-up portions extending from the respective side portions, being folded up around the respective bead cores; and a second ply being discontinuous and disposed outward of the first ply in the tire radial direction, having a pair of ply pieces provided with inner ends positioned on respective sides of the central portion of the first ply, side portions extending inward from the respective inner ends in the tire radial direction, and folded-up portions extending from the respective side portions, being folded up around the respective bead cores. The first ply has a ply-overlapping portion.

A reinforcement structure for a polymer ply includes a plurality of flat woven cords. Each flat woven cord has a width between 0.5 mm and 1.6 mm and a thickness between 0.2 mm and 0.8 mm thereby producing the reinforcement structure with an overall width between 25.0 mm and 26.0 mm. Each flat woven cord includes materials with melting points between 130 C. and 230 C.

A run-flat tire has: a pair of bead cores; a carcass that straddles the pair of bead cores, and having end portions that are anchored on the bead cores; bead fillers that are made of resin and that extend from the bead cores along an outer surface of the carcass toward an outer side in a tire radial direction; and side reinforcing rubbers that are provided at tire side portions, and that extend in a tire radial direction along an inner surface of the carcass.

A tire that has a spiral cord layer including reinforcing cords on a tire crown portion to inhibit breakage of the reinforcing cords caused by a projection input given to an end of the spiral cord layer during running. The tire includes: a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions; and a spiral cord layer 1 disposed tire-radially outside the crown portion of the carcass and including an upper layer and a lower layer that are formed by spirally winding the reinforcing cords. An auxiliary belt layer is disposed tire-radially outside the spiral cord layer and an angle of belt cords in the auxiliary belt layer with respect to a tire circumferential direction is in a range of 0 to 45.

A tire that has a spiral cord layer including reinforcing cords on a tire crown portion to inhibit breakage of the reinforcing cords caused by a projection input given to an end of the spiral cord layer during running. The tire includes: a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions; and a spiral cord layer 1 disposed tire-radially outside the crown portion of the carcass and including an upper layer and a lower layer that are formed by spirally winding the reinforcing cords. An auxiliary belt layer is disposed tire-radially outside the spiral cord layer and an angle of belt cords in the auxiliary belt layer with respect to a tire circumferential direction is in a range of 0 to 45.

Crown reinforcement of an aircraft tire comprises a working reinforcement (2) radially inside of tread (3) and radially outside of carcass reinforcement (4). Working reinforcement (2) comprises two working bi-plies (21, 22) radially superposed with respective axial widths (L.sub.1, L.sub.2), from first axial end (I.sub.1, I.sub.2) to second axial end (I.sub.1, I.sub.2). Each working bi-ply (21, 22) comprises two working layers (211, 212; 221, 222) radially superposed and respectively made up of axially juxtaposed portions of strip (5) of axial width W extending circumferentially in periodic curve (6) that forms, in the equatorial plane (XZ) of the tire and with the circumferential direction (XX) of the tire, a non-zero angle A and has a radius of curvature R at its extrema (7). The difference DL between the respective axial widths (L.sub.1, L.sub.2) of the radially superposed working bi-plies (21, 22) is at least equal to 2(W+(RW/2)(1cos A)).

A pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; at least one layer of a belt; and a tread, the belt including an endless belt layer having provided therein treats, each of the treats being formed by covering a cord with rubber and extending in zigzag fashion in the tire circumferential direction, in which in the endless belt layer, a front surface a and a rear surface of each of the treats are reversed at both tire widthwise ends, and on at least one tire widthwise end of the treats, a treat reversal position is, at least partially in the tire circumferential direction, displaced in the tire width direction from another treat reversal position adjacent in tire circumferential direction.

Technology for suppressing, in tire including spiral cord and auxiliary belt layers, occurrence of separation between spiral cord and auxiliary belt layers. Tire includes: carcass toroidally extending between pair of bead portions; spiral cord layer arranged on outer side in tire radial direction of crown portion of carcass and wherein upper and lower layers formed by spirally winding reinforcing cord; and auxiliary belt layer arranged on outer side in tire radial direction of spiral cord layer. Inclination direction of belt cords of auxiliary belt layer and inclination direction of reinforcing cord of upper layer of spiral cord layer are same when angle of belt cords of auxiliary belt layer with respect to tire circumferential direction is 54.7<<90, and these inclination directions are different when angle of belt cords of auxiliary belt layer with respect to tire circumferential direction is 0<<54.7.