A pneumatic tire is provided that enables communication performance and scratch resistance of a transponder to be improved, A transponder (20) that extends along a tire circumferential direction is embedded between a carcass layer (4) and an innerliner layer, and the transponder (20) is disposed between a position (P1) located on an outer side of and 15 mm away from an upper end (5e) of a bead core (5) in a tire radial direction and a position (P2) located on an inner side of and 5 mm away from an end (7e) of a belt layer (7)in the tire radial direction.

In a pneumatic tire including a bead core, a first bead filler on an outer circumference of the bead core, a carcass turned up from an inner side to an outer side around the bead core and the first bead filler, and a second bead on an outer side of a turned up portion of the carcass, a height of an upper end of the first bead filler is 10%-30% of a cross-sectional height, a turned up end of the carcass is on a radially outer side of a maximum width position, an upper end of the second bead filler is between the upper end and the turned up end, the second bead filler has a shape tapered toward the radially outer side, and thicknesses G1 to G3 of the second bead filler at predetermined positions satisfy 0.5<G2/G1<0.8 and 0.4<G3/G1<0.6.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass which comprises a carcass ply composed of a main portion extending between bead portions and a pair of turned-up portions turned-up around respective bead cores. The bead portion is provided with: a primary bead apex rubber disposed between the carcass-ply main portion and the carcass-ply turned-up portion; an insulation rubber layer extending radially outwardly through between the carcass-ply main portion and the carcass-ply turned-up portion; and a subsidiary bead apex rubber layer disposed on the axially outside of the carcass-ply turned-up portion. The radially outer edge of the insulation rubber layer is located radially outside the radially outer edge of the subsidiary bead apex rubber layer. The complex elastic modulus of the insulation rubber layer is equal to or greater than the complex elastic modulus of the topping rubber of the carcass ply.

Provided is a heavy-duty pneumatic tire in which not only occurrence of a damage of CBU but also occurrence of pulling-out of a carcass ply can be inhibited, and which has excellent durability. In the tire, beads each include a cover enclosing at least a part of a core. The cover is located, between the core and the carcass ply, in a portion at which the carcass ply encloses the core. The cover is composed of one cover ply including a large number of aligned cover cords and a cover topping rubber covering the cover cords. A ratio of a distance between the cover cords to an outer diameter of a carcass cord is not lower than 0.35 and not higher than 0.85. A difference between a hardness of the cover topping rubber and a hardness of a carcass topping rubber is not less than −5 and not greater than 5.

In a pneumatic tire in which a carcass layer is turned up from a tire inner side to a tire outer side around a bead core of each bead portion, a transponder is embedded between the carcass layer and a rubber layer disposed in a sidewall portion on an outer side of the carcass layer, the transponder extending along a tire circumferential direction in contact with the rubber layer, and the transponder is disposed 10 mm or more away from an end of a turned up portion of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction.

A tire can include a tread, sidewalls, beads, and a carcass. Each bead can include a core and an apex. A ratio of a height of the apex to a cross-sectional height of the tire may be not less than 5% and not greater than 15%. In a meridian cross-section of the tire in a standard state, a contour of a side surface including a maximum width position can include two arcs tangent to each other at the maximum width position. The arc located inward of the maximum width position in a radial direction can be a first arc, and the arc located outward of the maximum width position in the radial direction can be a second arc. A ratio of a first radius of the first arc to a second radius of the second arc may be not less than 70% and not greater than 91%.

A tire 2 includes a tread 4, a pair of sidewalls 6, a pair of beads 10, a carcass 12, a belt 14, an inner liner 20, and a pair of insertion layers 22 disposed between the carcass 12 and the inner liner 20. Each insertion layer 22 is disposed between an end of the belt 14 and an end PB of the bead 10. Each insertion layer 22 has a volume resistivity of less than 10.sup.8 Ω.Math.cm. A complex elastic modulus of the insertion layer 22 is equivalent to or higher than a complex elastic modulus of the inner liner 20. A thickness of each sidewall 6 at a maximum width position PW is not greater than 5.0 mm.

A bead portion of a run-flat tire includes a bead core portion having a bead cord, a first bead filler portion continuous to the bead core portion and provided outside in the tire radial direction of the bead core portion, and a second bead filler portion provided outside in the tire width direction of the first bead filler portion via a carcass ply. The second bead filler portion is formed of a resin material.

A pneumatic tire a includes: a pair of beads having a bead core and a bead filler extending from the bead core to an outer side in a tire-radial direction; a pair of sidewalls extending from each of the pair of beads to an outer side in the tire-radial direction; a tread disposed between the pair of sidewalls; a carcass ply bridged between the pair of beads; an internal side reinforcement layer disposed at an inner side in a tire-width direction of the bead filler; and an external side reinforcement layer disposed at an outer side in the tire-width direction of the bead filler, in which the internal side reinforcement layer is disposed more to an inner side in the tire-radial direction than a tire-radial direction outer end of the bead filler, and the external side reinforcement layer has an outside extending part which extends from the bead filler.

Provided is a tire including a tread portion. The tread portion includes two circumferential grooves and three land portions. The three land portions include a crown land portion disposed on a tire equator, and two shoulder land portions including tread contact ends. At least one of the shoulder land portions includes a plurality of main inclined grooves and a plurality of subsidiary inclined grooves. The main inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends disposed outwardly of the tread contact ends Te in the tire axial direction. The subsidiary inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends ending in the shoulder land portions.