Patent ID: 7823615

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread having an external surface to form a tread surface, a pair of sidewalls extended almost inward in a radial direction from an end of the tread, a pair of beads extended almost inward in the radial direction of the sidewalls, a carcass laid between both of the beads inside of the tread and the sidewalls, a belt provided inside the carcass in the radial direction of the tread, and a band positioned between the belt and the tread and serving to cover the belt, wherein the band includes a full band and a pair of edge bands provided in the vicinity of a shoulder and positioned outside in the radial direction of the full band, an outer end of the full band is positioned outside of an outer end of the edge band in the axial direction, the outer end of the full band is positioned outside of an outer end of the belt in the axial direction, the full band includes a first band cord wound spirally in a substantially circumferential direction, the edge band includes a second band cord wound spirally in the substantially circumferential direction, a modulus of the second band cord is higher than that of the first band cord, an outer end of the edge band is positioned inside of an outer end of the belt in an axial direction, the axial distance between the outer end of the edge band and that of the belt is equal to or greater than 3 mm, the axial distance between the outer end of the full band and that of the belt is equal to or greater than 3 mm and is equal to or smaller than 10 mm, and the ratio of the axial distance between the inner end of the edge band and that of the full band to the axial width of the full band is equal to or greater than 11.8%.