A pneumatic radial tire having a bead portion provided therein with a bead core, wherein the bead core is wrapped with a flipper, wherein the flipper is formed of a reinforced material, wherein the flipper has an axially inner leg that extends radially outward to a radial distance Li from the reference line XX′, wherein the line XX′ extends through the geometric center of the bead core, wherein the radial distance Li is equal to or greater than the bead radius, as measured in a radial direction from line XX′.

A pneumatic radial tire having a bead portion provided therein with a bead core, and a first layer of a plurality of sheath wires surrounding the bead core, and a second layer formed of a plurality of sheath wires surrounding the first layer, wherein the second layer of shear wires has a diameter less than the sheath wires of the first layer.

Bicycle tyre (100) which comprises a pair of bead cores (8), a carcass structure (2) turned around the pair of bead cores (8) and a tread band (4) radially outer to the carcass structure (2); at each bead core (8) being provided: an elastomeric material filler (12) which extends in a radial direction for a first length (HI) starting from the bead core (8), a loop (15) interposed between the carcass structure (2) and the elastomeric material filler (12), turned around the bead core (8) so as to define a first flap (15a) axially outer to the elastomeric material filler (12) and a second flap (15b) axially inner to the elastomeric material filler (12), wherein the first flap (15a) extends in a radial direction for a second length (H2) and the second flap (15b) extends in a radial direction for a third length (H3); preferably, the second (H2) and third (H3) lengths are less than or equal to the first length (H1).

Bicycle tyre (100) comprises a pair of bead cores (8), a carcass structure (2) turned around the pair of bead cores (8) and a tread band (4) radially outer to the carcass structure (2); at each bead core (8) being provided: an elastomeric material filler (12) which extends in a radial direction for a first length (H1) starting from the bead core (8), wherein the first length (H1) is at least 20% of the distance (H4) measured in the radial direction between the bead core (8) and the radially outermost portion of the carcass structure (2).

A body portion and a part of a folded portion of a carcass of a pneumatic tire are formed by a plurality of plies. The pneumatic tire is provided with a flipper folded from the inside in the tire width direction to the outside in the tire width direction via a bead core to cover the bead core and a bead filler, and an insert is provided between the bead filler and a flipper folded to the outside in the tire width direction. In at least a part of the region where the insert is provided, the thickness and the thickness of a side rubber are substantially the same as the ply thickness obtained by combining the body portion and the folded portion.

A bead portion of a tire includes: a bead portion including a core; a first filler arranged at the core; a carcass extending around the core and the first filler and radially inward adjacent an axially inner side of the core, the carcass further extending axially outward adjacent the core and radially outward adjacent the core; a second filler extending both axially and radially beyond the first filler, the second filler overlapping the first filler, an outermost end of the second filler being positioned radially outward from the first filler; a first chafer disposed at the second filler; a second chafer extended about the carcass; and a flipper extending radially inward from a position axially adjacent the first filler. The second filler is embedded at a convergence of the first chafer and a sidewall.

A bead portion of a tire includes a bead core, a first bead filler arranged at a radially outer side of the bead core, a first carcass extending around the bead core and the first bead filler, a second carcass extending radially inward and adjacent the first carcass, a second bead filler disposed axially adjacent the second carcass, a first chafer disposed at an axially outer side of the second bead filler, a second chafer extended about a radially inner end of the first carcass, and a flipper extending radially inward from a position axially adjacent an axially outer side of the first bead filler. The flipper further extends axially inward adjacent a radially inner side of the bead core. The flipper further extends radially outward to position axially adjacent a first part of the first carcass, a second part of the first carcass, the second carcass, and a radially outermost end of the first bead filler.

A heavy truck tire is provided that includes a tread and a casing. The casing has a bead with a bead core having padding gum and a rod with a perimeter. A contention armature surrounds the bead core and has an overlap, a majority of which is located outward in the radial direction from the rod. The padding gum is arranged in relation to the rod such that an outer area, inner area, and an axially outer area of the padding gum have areas that are greater than or equal to 20% of the area of the perimeter of the rod. An axially inner area of the padding gum is greater than or equal to 10% of the area of the perimeter of the rod.

A tire comprises a bead having an axial width at the seat D comprising a circumferential reinforcing element (22) of which the radially innermost point (222) is at a radial distance Z and at an axial distance Y from the radially innermost point (211) of the bead, and such that Y/D is at least equal to 0.5 and Z/D is at most equal to 0.4. The end of the carcass reinforcement (311) is situated radially on the outside of the radially outermost point (223) of the circumferential reinforcing element. This same bead comprises at least one bead layer (23) surrounding the bead filler rubber (21) and such that its axially outermost end (231) is radially on the outside of the end (311) and such that its axially innermost end (232) is at least radially on the outside of the point (222).

A tire comprises at least one bead having an axial width at the seat D comprises at least one main circumferential reinforcing element of which the radially innermost point is at a radial distance Z and at an axial distance Y from the radially innermost point of the bead, and such that Y/D is at least equal to 0.5 and Z/D is at most equal to 0.4. This same bead comprises at least one bead layer surrounding the bead filler rubber such that its axially outermost end is radially on the outside of the end of the carcass layer and it also comprises at least one additional circumferential reinforcing element, radially on the inside of the radially outermost point of the main circumferential reinforcing element.