A pneumatic tire with a reinforcement material includes: a tread that comes in contact with a road surface; side walls that extend and form shoulders and inner liners at both sides of the tread; a carcass that is integrally attached to the tread and the inner sides of the side walls and forms a turn-up head at both ends of the side walls; a belt layer that is layered on the tread of the carcass; and a bead that includes a bead core inserted in a wheel inside the turn-up head, a bead filler inserted in a side of the tread of the bead core, and a reinforcement material inserted in an interface of the turn-up head.

A tire for a motor vehicle comprising: two beads (20); two sidewalls (30) meeting at a crown (25); at least one carcass reinforcement (160) extending from the beads (20) through the sidewalls (30) as far as the crown (25), the carcass reinforcement (160) having a plurality of carcass reinforcing elements and anchored in the two beads (20) by a turn-up around the annular reinforcing structure (70), so as to form in each bead a main strand (162) and a turn-up strand (163); and a stiffening reinforcement (140) arranged in at least one sidewall of the tire, said stiffening reinforcement (140) having a radially inner end (141) and a radially outer end (142), the stiffening reinforcement being formed of a plurality of stiffening elements oriented at an angle less than or equal to 10 relative to a circumferential direction of the tire.

A tire 32 includes: a pair of beads 40; a carcass ply 82 having a ply main body 84 and turned-up portions 86; and a pair of fillers 52 that are located outward of the turned-up portions 86 in the axial direction and that include metal cords. In a radial direction, a first end 92 of each filler 52 is located inward of a bead base line, and a second end 94 of each filler 52 is located between an end 88 of the turned-up portion 86 and the bead base line. A recess 96 is provided on a zone of each side surface 34 of the tire 32 between a maximum width position and the end 88 of the turned-up portion 86.

A tire includes a tread, a sidewall extending from one edge of the tread approximately in a radially inward direction to a bead structure, and a carcass extending along an axially inner side of the sidewall to the bead structure. The carcass includes a first ply and a second ply extending radially inward from the sidewall to a terminal end directly adjacent the bead structure. The bead structure includes a circumferentially extending bead core axially inward of the sidewall, a chafer extending radially inward toward the bead core, an apex abutting the bead core, and an inner stiffener member disposed between the first ply and the apex, the inner stiffener member extending radially outward from a location proximate the bead core to a location radially outward from the apex.

A pneumatic tire includes one carcass including a folded up portion and a reinforcing layer between the folded up portion and a bead filler. The folded up portion has an end portion in a region inward of a belt layer in a radial direction and inward of the belt layer in a lateral direction. The bead filler has an outer end portion distanced from a bead heel portion from 20% or more to 40% or less of a tire cross-sectional height. The reinforcing layer has an outer end portion outward of the outer end portion of the bead filler in the radial direction and inward in the radial direction with respect to a position of a tire maximum width position in the radial direction. A sidewall portion is formed of a side rubber having tan at 60 C. of from 0.04 or more to 0.10 or less.

A tire can include a pair of beads, a carcass, a pair of protective rubber layers, and a pair of reinforcing rubber layers. A carcass ply of the carcass can include a ply body and a pair of turned-up portions. Each reinforcing rubber layer can be between the turned-up portion and the protective rubber layer. An outer end of an apex of each bead can be between an outer end and an inner end of the reinforcing rubber layer in a radial direction. A thickness of the protective rubber layer in a zone from a rim contact end to the outer end of the reinforcing rubber layer can be small at a center portion in the radial direction of the reinforcing rubber layer and can be large at another portion.

The bead portion of the pneumatic tire includes a bead structure having a bead core composed of a bead cord, and an annular plate which extends to the tire circumferential direction and is formed of a resin material. The annular plate has a planar first annular ring portion extending to the tire circumferential direction and a second annular ring portion positioned outside the tire radial direction of the first annular portion and extending to the tire circumferential direction, the first annular portion is provided along the bead structure, and the second annular portion is further inclined to the outside in tire width direction of the first annular portion.

A tire which is intended to bear heavy loads and the endurance of which is improved. The tire contains, in the bead region, at least one internal annular insert, the said insert having a rubber composition containing a polyisoprene elastomer, between 45 phr and 60 phr of a reinforcing filler containing from 43 to 55 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler with a BET specific surface of between 155 and 185 m.sup.2/g, and a coupling agent for bonding the reinforcing inorganic filler to the elastomer.

A pneumatic radial tire includes a pair of opposing bead areas, in which each bead area includes a bead core and a bead apex. At least one carcass reinforcing ply includes a turn up at each bead core, and each turn up includes a radially outward end. A pair of chippers is disposed at each turn up, in which the pair of chippers includes a first chipper and a second chipper. The first chipper is disposed axially inwardly of the second chipper and includes a radially outward end that is disposed radially outwardly of the radially outward end of the turn up. The second chipper includes a radially outward end that is disposed radially outwardly of the radially outward end of the first chipper, in which forces due to deflection of the tire are absorbed by the pair of chippers to reduce stresses along each turn up.

A tire (1) for a passenger vehicle exhibits improved performance in terms of rolling resistance without adversely affecting the transverse cornering stiffness. The bead (50) comprises a filler layer (70) and a lateral reinforcing layer (60) is made more flexible by the use of low-hysteresis materials. The transverse cornering stiffness is increased by managing the contact between the bead (50) and the mounting rim (100). In a first section located in the contact patch, in at least a first bead, the length of the rim contact curve, LADC, is measured. In a second section located opposite the contact patch in relation to the axis of rotation of the tire, in at least a second bead, the length of the rim contact curve, LCJ, is measured. The ratio of the difference in the lengths, i.e. 100*(LADC?LCJ)/LCJ, is greater than or equal to 30.