Technology for suppressing, in tire including spiral cord and auxiliary belt layers, occurrence of separation between spiral cord and auxiliary belt layers. Tire includes: carcass toroidally extending between pair of bead portions; spiral cord layer arranged on outer side in tire radial direction of crown portion of carcass and wherein upper and lower layers formed by spirally winding reinforcing cord; and auxiliary belt layer arranged on outer side in tire radial direction of spiral cord layer. Inclination direction of belt cords of auxiliary belt layer and inclination direction of reinforcing cord of upper layer of spiral cord layer are same when angle of belt cords of auxiliary belt layer with respect to tire circumferential direction is 54.7<<90, and these inclination directions are different when angle of belt cords of auxiliary belt layer with respect to tire circumferential direction is 0<<54.7.

A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, the belt reinforcing structure comprising: a zigzag belt reinforcing structure formed of a strip of reinforcement cords, the strip of reinforcement cords being inclined at 5 to 30 degrees relative to the centerplane of the tire extending in alternation to turnaround points at each lateral edge, wherein the strip of cords is formed from two different cords made of different materials.

A method to provide technology for suppressing, in a tire including a spiral cord layer and an auxiliary belt layer, the occurrence of separation between the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer. The tire includes: a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions; a spiral cord layer arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of a crown portion of the carcass and in which an upper layer and a lower layer are formed by spirally winding a reinforcing cord; and an auxiliary belt layer arranged on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the spiral cord layer. At least at ends in a tire width direction of a region where the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer are laminated, a rubber gauge between the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer is 0.5 mm to 14.0 mm.

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.

Provided are: a tire reinforcement member having an improved durability; and a tire whose weight is reduced and durability is improved by using the tire reinforcement member.

The tire reinforcement member is a tire reinforcement member 1 formed by winding a rubber strip 2 at an inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction of the member without any gaps while folding at width direction ends of the member, the rubber strip 2 being obtained by rubber-coating one reinforcing cord or a plurality of paralleled reinforcing cords. The rubber strip 2 substantially forms two reinforcing layers having different inclination directions. At a folding part T closest to a winding finish end 2e of the rubber strip 2, the rubber strip 2 is passed under an already wound rubber strip 2A and then folded, the already wound rubber strip 2A has been wound previous to the rubber strip 2 in an inclination direction different from that of the rubber strip 2.

Provided are: a tire reinforcement member capable of improving the tire durability than before; and a tire using the same. The present invention provides a tire reinforcement member 1 including: a core material cord layer 2; and a spiral cord layer 3 spirally wound on the core material cord layer 2, wherein cords in the core material cord layer 2 are metal cords 2a having an inclination angle of 40 to 90 with respect to the longitudinal direction of the core material cord layer 2, and reinforcing cords 3a in the spiral cord layer 3 are organic fiber cords having a modulus of not less than 19 GPa.

Provided is a pneumatic tire for preventing the occurrence of premature wear at tire width direction edge portions due to the use of an endless inclined belt. The pneumatic tire includes two or more layers of inclined belts formed by winding rubber strips S each composed of a plurality of paralleled and rubber coated cords in a direction inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction while folding back the rubber strips at both width direction ends. Rubber members G are arranged between the rubber strips S layered at the tire width direction edge portions of the inclined belts.

In a tire 2, a band 16 has a jointless structure. A reinforcing layer 18 is layered over the band 16 from a radially outer side of the band 16. In the reinforcing layer 18, a reinforcing cord 40 is extended alternately on and between one end 32 portion of the band 16 and the other end 32 portion of the band 16, so as to extend in the circumferential direction. A direction in which the reinforcing cord 40 extends is tilted relative to the circumferential direction between one of ends 32 of the band 16 and the other of the ends 32 of the band 16. An absolute value of an angle of the reinforcing cord 40 relative to the circumferential direction is greater than or equal to 70.

A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, the belt reinforcing structure comprising: a zigzag belt reinforcing structure formed of a strip of one or more reinforcement cords, the strip of one or more reinforcement cords being inclined at 5 to 30 degrees relative to the centerplane of the tire extending in alternation to turnaround points at each lateral edge, wherein the zigzag strip of cords may be formed from two different reinforcement cords made of different materials, and the lateral edges of the strip are preferably pointed or triangular in shape.