Patent ID: 8016006

Claim:
A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising: a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, the crown reinforcement being topped radially by a tread joined to two beads by two sidewalls, an axially widest working crown layer of the at least two working crown layers being radially internal to the other working crown layers of the at least two working crown layers, the crown reinforcement further comprising at least one continuous layer of circumferential reinforcement elements arranged radially between the at least two working crown layers and having ends on opposing sides of the equatorial plane of the tire; in each shoulder at least one additional layer of reinforcement elements which are parallel to each other in the at least one additional layer and are oriented circumferentially; wherein an axially inner end of said at least one additional layer is radially adjacent to an edge of one of the working crown layers; wherein at least part of said at least one additional layer is at least one of radially adjacent and axially adjacent to the edge of the axially widest working crown layer; and wherein an axially outer end of said at least one additional layer is radially internal to the axially widest working crown layer.