The invention relates to a tire having at least one carcass reinforcement comprising reinforcers, surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement, itself radially on the inside of a tread, said crown reinforcement being made up of at least one layer of reinforcement elements, said tread being connected to two beads by way of two sidewalls, said beads being intended to come into contact with a rim flange having a rim flange top C, each bead having at least one circumferential reinforcement element, said carcass reinforcement comprising an end at each bead, the end of the carcass reinforcement being turned up once in an outward radial direction of the tire and about said bead wire, so as to form a turnup, then being folded in said radially inward direction so as to form a fold forming a radially external end and three adjacent parts along an axial axis made up of a central part, of an axially internal lateral part, and of an axially external lateral part. The tire is characterized in that the radially external end of the turnup is disposed between the rim flange top C and a point D, said points C and D being situated at the surface of the sidewall and disposed on either side of a point E situated on the sidewall corresponding to the nominal section width, said point D being disposed at a maximum radial length equal to 85% of the length present between the axial end S of the crown reinforcement and the rim flange top C.

A pneumatic tire includes a pair of beads each with an associated bead core and chafer, a single carcass ply folded about each bead so as to define a main body portion and a turnup portion associated with each bead, and a tread disposed radially outward from the single carcass ply, the tread having shoulder portions disposed at axial outer edges of the tread; and a pair of sidewalls extending radially outward from each chafer to a location adjacent each shoulder portion, each sidewall being disposed axially outward of the single carcass ply. The single carcass ply is reinforced with metallic cords, the metallic cords comprising filaments with diameters from 0.10 mm to 0.12 mm

A tire includes: a ring shaped tire frame member that is made of a resin with plural tire pieces joined along a tire circumferential direction; a joint portion reinforcing belt that is adhered to the tire frame member, that extends around the tire circumferential direction, and that covers a joint portion of the plural tire pieces; and a tread layer that is provided further to the tire radial direction outside than the tire frame member and the joint portion reinforcing belt.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a studded pneumatic tire for a vehicle, the tire comprising studs, at least one ply, at least one metal belt, a cap layer forming at least part of a running surface of the studded pneumatic tire, an underlayer made of a first rubber compound, and an intermediate layer made of a second rubber compound, the intermediate layer being arranged, at least partially, between the underlayer and the cap layer, wherein the method comprises steps of forming an annular belt comprising a metal belt, the underlayer, the intermediate layer, and the cap layer, then arranging the annular belt onto an annular carcass comprising the at least one ply to form a preform, vulcanizing the preform, and installing studs. The invention further relates to a studded pneumatic tire for a vehicle.

A pneumatic tire includes a tread, sidewalls, clinches, beads, a carcass, and strips. Each bead includes a core, a first apex and a second apex, the carcass includes a carcass ply which is turned up around the core from the axially inner side toward outer side such that the carcass ply is divided into a main portion and a turn-up portion, each strip has radially inner edge positioned between the main and turn-up portions, the second apex is positioned between the turn-up portion and each clinch, each strip has outer edge positioned to correspond to or on inner side of a point of maximum width of the tire in radial direction, the second apex has outer edge positioned on radially inner side of the outer edge of each strip, and the second apex includes crosslinked rubber and has complex elastic modulus in range of from 60 MPa to 70 MPa.

A pneumatic tire 1 has a bead portion provided with a reinforcing rubber portion disposed adjacently to the axially outer side of a carcass. The reinforcing rubber portion comprises an axially inner rubber layer and an axially outer rubber layer. The radially outer end of the axially outer rubber layer is positioned radially outside the radially outer end of the axially inner rubber layer. The radially inner end of the axially outer rubber layer is positioned radially inside the radially inner end of the axially inner rubber layer.

In a side reinforcing type tire 2, when a cross-sectional height of the tire 2 is denoted by L, a height in a radial direction from a bead base line to an outer edge of a core 34 is denoted by HC, a point on a turned-up portion 42 of a carcass ply 38 at which point a height in the radial direction from the bead base line is 0.35 times of the height L is denoted by P1, and a point on the turned-up portion 42 at which point the height in the radial direction from the bead base line is equal to the height HC is denoted by P2, the turned-up portion 42 has, between the point P1 and the point P2, a shape that is a curved line projecting inward in an axial direction, a straight line, or a combination thereof.

In a pneumatic tire 2 according to the present invention, in the vicinity of a bead 10 portion, a main portion 42 of a carcass ply 40 is passed through the vicinity of a neutral surface. A tensile force and a compressive force applied to the main portion 42 are small. In the tire 2, occurrence of pinch cut is suppressed. In addition, this structure alleviates a force applied to the main portion 42 even during run-flat running. In the tire 2, damage is less likely to occur even during run-flat running for a long period of time. The tire 2 has excellent run-flat durability. Furthermore, in the tire 2, an increase in the vertical stiffness constant or weight thereof is suppressed.

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.

Tire having two beads having an annular reinforcing structure and a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads by a turn-up. Each bead has a bead rubber filler extending a radial distance from the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure of the bead. The radial distance is not more than 10% of the tire's radial height. A sidewall has rigidifying metal reinforcing elements oriented along an angle not more than 10 to the circumferential direction and positioned with the distance between the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure and the radially outer end of the rigidifying reinforcement between 20% and 40%, inclusive, of the tire's radial height and with the distance between the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure and the radially inner end of the rigidifying reinforcement not more than 20% of the tire's radial height.