Patent ID: 6668890
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire comprising; a radial carcass of at least one rubberized cord ply toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores, a belt superimposed about a crown portion of the carcass and comprised of at least three belt layers, and a tread arranged at an outside of the belt in a radial direction, said belt comprises a maximum-width belt layer having a widest width of the layers of said belt and containing many cords slantly arranged with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire and a narrow-width belt layer arranged at the outside of the maximum-width belt layer in the radial direction and containing many cords arranged in an oppositely inclined direction to the cords of the maximum-width belt layer, a reinforcing layer containing many cords arranged in an oppositely inclined direction to the cords of said maximum-width belt layer and arranged to overlap with an outer end portion of said maximum-width belt layer located outward from an outer end of the narrow-width belt layer in the widthwise direction thereof, and said reinforcing layer having a cord inclination angle B of not less than 34Â° with respect to the equatorial plane, wherein the cords of the reinforcing layer are inextensible cords and the reinforcing layer is closely arranged at the inside of the maximum-width belt layer in the radial direction, wherein the reinforcing layer is extended inward in the widthwise direction to form a one-piece body on the equatorial plane.