A method for manufacturing a tire comprising a carcass reinforcement comprising a carcass layer and a working reinforcement comprising a single working layer comprising forming, around a support, a wound carcass assembly (52) intended to form the carcass layer and a wound working assembly intended to form the working layer, and then deforming the support. The wound carcass assembly (52) is formed so as to form either a junction (56) by abutment without forming a superposition, or a junction (56) by overlapping, or without forming a junction.

A pneumatic tire excellent in high speed stability and turning ability is provided. In a band of a tire, a center portion located in an axial center has a helically wound structure in which a first band body including a first cord is wound. A shoulder portion located on an axial outside of the center portion has a meshed structure formed by a second band body including a second cord. The shoulder portion includes a plurality of first portions, a plurality of second portions and a plurality of third portions. Each first portion is inclined and extends from an axially inner end of the shoulder portion to an axially outer end of the shoulder portion. Each second portion is inclined in an opposite direction from the first portion and extends from the axially inner end of the shoulder portion to the axially outer end of the shoulder portion.

A pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; at least one layer of a belt; and a tread, the belt including an endless belt layer having provided therein treats, each of the treats being formed by covering a cord with rubber and extending in zigzag fashion in the tire circumferential direction, in which in the endless belt layer, a front surface a and a rear surface of each of the treats are reversed at both tire widthwise ends, and on at least one tire widthwise end of the treats, a treat reversal position is, at least partially in the tire circumferential direction, displaced in the tire width direction from another treat reversal position adjacent in tire circumferential direction.

A belt layer is provided at a tire radial direction (arrow R direction) outer side of a carcass. This belt layer is structured to include a reinforcing portion and a resin portion. The reinforcing portion of the belt is formed by reinforcing cords crossing, and surfaces of the resin cords are covered by the resin portion.

A method of forming a belt structure for a tire includes providing a drum having a center section. A first drum edge is near a first edge of the center section and a second drum edge is near a second edge of the center section. A first end surface extends from the center section first edge to the drum first edge and a second end surface extends from the center section second edge to the drum second edge, and a radius of each end surface is smaller than the center section radius. A rubber strip reinforced by a plurality of cords includes an outer edge and an inner edge. The strip is wound about the drum, turning from a first winding angle to a second winding angle on an end surface to reduce the tension and length differential between cords at the outer edge and inner edge of the strip.

A pneumatic tire excellent in high speed stability and turning ability is provided. In a band of a tire, a center portion located in an axial center has a helically wound structure in which a first band body including a first cord is wound. A shoulder portion located on an axial outside of the center portion has a meshed structure formed by a second band body including a second cord. The shoulder portion includes a plurality of first portions, a plurality of second portions and a plurality of third portions. Each first portion is inclined and extends from an axially inner end of the shoulder portion to an axially outer end of the shoulder portion. Each second portion is inclined in an opposite direction from the first portion and extends from the axially inner end of the shoulder portion to the axially outer end of the shoulder portion.

Crown reinforcement of an aircraft tire comprises a working reinforcement (2) radially inside of tread (3) and radially outside of carcass reinforcement (4). Working reinforcement (2) comprises two working bi-plies (21, 22) radially superposed with respective axial widths (L.sub.1, L.sub.2), from first axial end (I.sub.1, I.sub.2) to second axial end (I.sub.1, I.sub.2). Each working bi-ply (21, 22) comprises two working layers (211, 212; 221, 222) radially superposed and respectively made up of axially juxtaposed portions of strip (5) of axial width W extending circumferentially in periodic curve (6) that forms, in the equatorial plane (XZ) of the tire and with the circumferential direction (XX) of the tire, a non-zero angle A and has a radius of curvature R at its extrema (7). The difference DL between the respective axial widths (L.sub.1, L.sub.2) of the radially superposed working bi-plies (21, 22) is at least equal to 2(W+(RW/2)(1cos A)).

A pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; at least one layer of a belt; and a tread, the belt including an endless belt layer having provided therein treats, each of the treats being formed by covering a cord with rubber and extending in zigzag fashion in the tire circumferential direction, in which in the endless belt layer, a front surface a and a rear surface of each of the treats are reversed at both tire widthwise ends, and on at least one tire widthwise end of the treats, a treat reversal position is, at least partially in the tire circumferential direction, displaced in the tire width direction from another treat reversal position adjacent in tire circumferential direction.

An object is to improve durability without increasing the tire mass. An aircraft pneumatic tire (10) includes: a carcass ply (12) that straddles between a pair of bead portions (24); an inside belt layer (14) that is provided at a tire radial direction outer side of a crown portion of the carcass ply (12); an outside belt layer (16) that is provided at the tire radial direction outer side of the inside belt layer (14) and that is configured by a cord of cord configuration elements that have been twisted together; a belt protection layer (18) that is provided at the tire radial direction outer side of the outside belt layer (16) and that is configured by a cord of cord configuration elements that have been twisted together; and a low elasticity portion that is provided at at least one of the cord of the belt protection layer (18) or the cord of the outside belt layer (16), and that has a lower elasticity than other length direction portions of the cord (32).

The working reinforcement (2) of an aircraft tire is made by the zigzag winding of a strip (5) having width W, with a periodic curve (7), corresponding to the mid-line of the strip, forming, with the circumferential direction (XX), a non-zero angle A. The circumferential distance (c) between the extrema (S.sub.51, S.sub.52, S.sub.53) of the respective mid-lines of two consecutive strip portions (51, 52, 53) is equal to the ratio W/sin A. For any set of three consecutive strip portions (51, 52, 53), made up of a first, a second and a third portion, the respective mid-lines of the first and third strip portions (51, 53) intersect at an intersection point (I), axially aligned with the extremum (S.sub.52) of the mid-line of the second strip portion (52) and axially on the inside of said extremum (S.sub.52) at an axial distance (a) at least equal to the width W.