This pneumatic tire (1) includes: a pair of bead cores (11, 11); a carcass layer (13) extending between the pair of bead cores (11, 11); and a belt layer (14) including a laminate of at least four belt plies (141 to 144) having steel belt cords covered with coating rubber, the belt layer being disposed on the outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass layer (13). An inter-cord distance (Ga) between an outermost layer belt ply (fourth belt (144)) and an adjacent belt ply (third belt (143)) has a relationship such that 0.80Ga/max1.80 with respect to a maximum value (max) of outer diameters (4, 3) of belt cords (1441, 1431) in the outermost layer belt ply (144) and the adjacent belt ply (143).

Provided is a rubber-cord composite, a tire reinforcing member including the composite, and a tire including the reinforcing member. The rubber-cord composite includes a reinforcing cord, and the composite forms a spiral cord layer in the tire reinforcing member. The twist coefficient of the reinforcing cord is greater than 0.3.

Provided is a rubber-cord composite, a tire reinforcing member including the composite, and a tire including the reinforcing member. The rubber-cord composite includes a reinforcing cord, and the composite forms a spiral cord layer in the tire reinforcing member. The twist coefficient of the reinforcing cord is 0.3 or less.

[Object] A pneumatic tire that allows reduction of the occurrence of a TGC and, at the same time, allows reduction of rolling resistance, is provided. [Solution] The tire 12 includes a band 26 disposed radially inward of a tread 14, and a belt 24 disposed radially inward of the band 26. The band 26 includes a cord that is helically wound and extends substantially in a circumferential direction. The belt 24 includes an inner layer 24a, and an outer layer 24b that is layered over the inner layer 24a and disposed radially outward of the inner layer 24a. The inner layer 24a and the outer layer 24b each include multiple cords aligned with each other. The cords in the inner layer 24a and the cords in the outer layer 24b are inclined relative to an equator plane. A direction in which the cords in the inner layer 24a are inclined relative to the equator plane is opposite to a direction in which the cords in the outer layer 24b are inclined relative to the equator plane. Absolute values of inclination angles of the cords in the inner layer 24a and the cords in the outer layer 24b relative to the equator plane are greater than or equal to 35, and not greater than 55.

A tire includes a tire frame member made of a resin material; a top tread disposed outside the tire frame member in a tire radial direction; and a belt layer disposed between the tire frame member and the top tread, the belt layer constituting of a center area at a middle in a tire width direction and shoulder areas at both sides of the center area in the tire width direction, a width dimension BCW of the center area in a tire axial direction being in a range of from 85 to 105% of a ground width dimension TW of the top tread. In a case in which Hc represents stiffness of the center area, and Hs represents stiffness of the shoulder area, Hc>Hs.

Technique to increase the endurance of tires comprising two working layers (41, 42), comprising mutually parallel reinforcing elements (411, 421) each forming, with the circumferential direction (XX) of the tire, an oriented angle (AA, AB), such that these respective angles are of opposite sign, the reinforcing elements being comprised of individual metal threads, by combining a manufacturer-recommended direction of rotation (SR) and an optimized design of tread pattern. The tire also comprises axially exterior major grooves (24) in the tread (2) having a mean linear profile L of a width W at least equal to 1 mm and of a depth D at least equal to 5 mm. Different conditions governing the angular orientations of the mean linear profiles L of the axially exterior major grooves (24) apply to the left-hand axially exterior portion (22) and to the right-hand axially exterior portion (23) of the tread (2).

Technique to increase the endurance of tires comprising two crossed working layers (41, 42), comprising mutually parallel reinforcing elements forming, with the circumferential direction (XX) of the tire, an angle which is at least equal to 20 and at most equal to 50. The reinforcing elements are made up of individual metal threads or monofilaments having a cross section which is at least equal to 0.20 mm and at most equal to 0.5 mm. The tire also comprises grooves comprising a radially inferior zone Z1 having a radial height h1 equal to D/3, and a radially superior zone Z2 having a radial height h2 equal to 2D/3. These grooves have a mean width W at least equal to 1 mm and a depth D at least equal to 5 mm, and a maximum width W1 of zone 1, at least equal to 2 mm and a width of zone 2 at most equal to 1 mm.

A pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass layer, a belt layer, and a tread rubber. The belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having a belt angle of not less than 10 and not more than 45 in absolute terms and of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of 5 with respect to the tire circumferential direction. A distance (Gcc) from a tread profile to a tire inner circumference surface along a tire equatorial plane, a distance (Gsh) from a tread end to the tire inner circumference surface, and a distance (Ge) from the tread profile to the tire inner circumference surface at an end portion on the outer side of the circumferential reinforcing layer in the tire width direction have relationships satisfying 1.10Gsh/Gcc and 1.00Ge/Gcc1.10.

The tire includes a crown reinforcement which is formed of three working crown layers of reinforcing elements. The reinforcing elements of the two radially outermost working layers are crossed from one layer to the other, making with the circumferential direction angles of between 20 and 45 the circumferential direction, of the reinforcing elements of the radially innermost working layer being between 15 and 20. The reinforcing elements of the two radially innermost working layers are oriented in the same direction with respect to the circumferential direction. The difference between the angles of the reinforcing elements of the radially innermost working layers is greater than 10. The widths of the two radially outermost working layers are greater than the 0.7 times the width of the tread, and the width of the radially innermost working layer is strictly less than 0.7 times the width of the tread.

Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of four working crown layers of reinforcing elements. In a meridian plane, the thickness of the four working crown layers, measured in the equatorial plane, is less than 5 mm, the reinforcing elements of the four working crown layers being individual metal wires of diameter less than 0.50 mm, the distance between the reinforcing elements, measured along the normal to the direction of the mean line of the wire, being strictly less than 1 mm, and the axial width of each of the four working crown layers being greater than 60% of the axial width of the tread.