Patent ID: 8235082

Claim:
A pneumatic tire having an aspect ratio of 50% or less and including a carcass extending from a tread portion to bead cores in bead portions through sidewall portions, bead apex rubbers extending radially outward from the bead cores, and clinch rubbers for preventing slippage of a rim which are disposed axially outward of the bead apex rubbers to form outer surfaces of the bead portions, wherein: the carcass comprises an inner carcass ply including a body portion extending between the bead cores and turnup portions which are continuous with the body portion and are turned up around the bead cores from the axially inward to the axially outward of the tire, and an outer carcass ply including a body portion which extends along the outer surface of the body portion of the inner carcass ply and the radially inner ends of which are sandwiched between the body portion of the inner carcass ply and each of the bead apex rubbers to terminate there, the turnup portions of the inner carcass ply are located between the clinch rubbers and the bead apex rubbers and in contact with them, the turnup radial height Lc between a radially outer end of the turnup portion of the inner carcass ply and the bead base line is 60% or less of the section height L of the tire and is larger than the apex radial height L 1 between a radially outer end of the bead apex rubber and the bead base line, the inner end radial height Ld between a radially inner end of the body portion of the outer carcass ply and the bead base line is 60% or less of the apex radial height L 1 , and the clinch rubber radial height L 2 between a radially outer end of the clinch rubber and the bead base line is from 70 to 85% of the apex radial height L 1 , and the radially outer end of the clinch rubber is in contact with the turnup portion of the inner carcass play, wherein the bead apex rubbers have a rubber hardness Hs 1 of 80 to 95, and the clinch rubbers have a rubber hardness Hs 2 which falls within the range of 65 to 85 and is lower than the rubber hardness Hs 1 , and wherein the bead apex rubbers comprise an apex main part having an approximately triangular cross section which extends radially outwardly in a tapered manner from the bead core, and a thin wing part having a substantially constant thickness T within the range of 0.8 to 1.5 mm which is continuous with the apex main part and extends radially outwardly therefrom, the apex height L 1 is from 30 to 40% of the tire section height L, and the apex main part radial height L 1 a between a radially outer end of the apex main part and the bead base line is from 25 to 35% of the apex height L 1 .