A pneumatic tire is disclosed and comprises a tread, a belt package located radially beneath the tread, a pair of bead cores, a pair of sidewalls, with each sidewall extending between the tread and each bead core, a carcass comprising a first carcass ply extending under the tread and being anchored to each bead core, wherein the first carcass ply has a reinforced stiffener applied thereto, wherein the carcass further comprising a second carcass ply, wherein the second carcass ply extends under the tread and is anchored to each bead core.

A method for manufacturing an annular carcass of a tire includes providing first and second ply materials, each including cords; winding at least a layer of the first ply material and a layer of the second ply material onto a carcass drum so the first ply material radially surrounds the second ply material; arranging two cables onto the cylindrical carcass preform; turning the part of the cylindrical carcass preform about the closer cable onto the part of the cylindrical carcass preform between the two cables; and expanding the cylindrical carcass preform to form an annular carcass having, in a bead area, inner and outer layers of the first ply material and inner and outer layers of the second ply material. The ply materials are arranged so the cords thereof are arranged cross-wise with respect to its neighboring ply materials or a neighboring ply material, considering the innermost or outermost layer.

In a cross-section of a pneumatic tire, a contour of the bead core is a polygon formed by tangent lines of circumferential portions of a bead wire, the contour includes a vertex with an acute angle and a bottom side opposite the vertex, the carcass layer is folded back along a circumference of the bead core in a bead portion, a folded back portion of the carcass layer from an outer end of the bead core extends in the radial direction, and a distance in the radial direction between a center of an arc profile of a tire outer surface and a straight line extending in the lateral direction through the vertex is within 20% of a radius r of the arc, and a distance in the lateral direction between the center of the arc and a straight line extending in the radial direction through the vertex is within 2r±0.4r.

Pneumatic tyre having a toroidal carcass, which has a body ply that is partially folded onto itself and therefore having two lateral flaps; two annular beads, each of which is surrounded by the body ply and has a bead core and a bead filler; an annular tread; a pair of sidewalls; a pair of abrasion gum strips; an innerliner which is impermeable to air and is arranged within the body ply; and a transponder which is arranged between the body ply and the innerliner at a flap of the body ply and is arranged at a distance of less than 7 mm from an edge of the body ply.

A tire including a sidewall, wherein the sidewall may include an upper sidewall. The upper sidewall may include a plurality of extruded, angled blocks proximate an outer edge of the tire. The tire may include a plurality of shoulder blocks. The plurality of shoulder blocks may be at the outer edge of the tire on a shoulder.

Improving endurance of bead of radial tire for heavy vehicle. Tire has two beads (2) contacting rim (3) connected by carcass reinforcement (4) having carcass layer (5), with main part (6) wrapped, in each bead (2), axially from inside towards outside of the tire, around bead wire (7) having diameter (L), to form turnup (8) having free end (E). Each bead (2) has filling element (9) with filling compound (10) and extending radially towards outside from bead wire (7) and axially between turnup (8) and main part (6). The distance (I) between turnup (8) and main part (6) decreases continuously from bead wire (7) as far as a first minimum distance (a) reached at a first point (A) of turnup (8), then increases continuously from the first point (A) of turnup (8) as far as a first maximum distance (b) reached at a second point (B) of turnup (8).

A run-flat tire includes a side reinforcing rubber layer, a first bead filler on an inner side of a carcass turned-up portion in a width direction, and a second bead filler on an outer side of the carcass turned-up portion in the width direction. A first bead filler height is 30% or less of a tire cross-sectional height SH. A second bead filler height is 50% or greater of the height SH. A cross-sectional area of the second bead filler is from 150% to 400% of a cross-sectional area of the first bead filler. A relationship (0.16×SH×LI−1100)≤S.sub.ALL≤(0.16×SH×LI−800) is satisfied, where S.sub.ALL represents a sum of cross-sectional areas of the side reinforcing rubber layer and the first and second bead fillers, and LI represents a load index.

In a pneumatic tire, at least one carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions is formed from a carcass cord formed of an organic fiber cord having filament bundles of organic fibers intertwined together, a fineness based on corrected mass of the carcass cord is from 4000 dtex to 8000 dtex, an intermediate elongation of the carcass cord at a sidewall portion under 1.0 cN/dtex load is from 3.3% to 4.2%, and a ratio G/R of an interlayer rubber gauge G between a body portion and a folded back portion to a cord diameter R of the carcass cord, at a contact region where the body portion and the folded back portion are in contact in the carcass layer, is from 0.50 to 0.60.

A pneumatic tire includes: paired bead portions respectively including annular bead cores and bead fillers disposed on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the bead cores; sidewall portions respectively extending outward in the tire radial direction from the bead portions; a tread portion connected to cuter ends in the tire radial direction of the sidewall portions to form a tread; and a carcass layer suspended between the bead portions. The carcass layer has a first ply that continuously extends between the bead portions and that has opposite end portions respectively and a second ply that continuously extends on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the first ply, wherein the first ply has higher tensile strength than that of the second ply, and the end portion is positioned on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the end.

In one aspect of a tire (10) of the present invention, a plurality of carcass plies (50a) include a first carcass ply (51). A first end portion (51a), which is a distal end portion of a portion of the first carcass ply folded around the bead core, is located outside in a tire radial direction from a position (WL) where a dimension in a tire width direction is maximum, and is located at a boundary portion (14) between a tread portion (11) and a sidewall portion (12), and in the portion located outside in the tire radial direction from the position where the dimension in the tire width direction is maximum, a dimension (T5) in a tire thickness direction between the portion of the first carcass ply folded around the bead core and an outer surface (12a) of the tire in the tire width direction is maximum between the first end portion and the outer surface of the tire in the tire width direction.