Patent ID: 8365787

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising: an air permeation preventive layer disposed in an inner surface of the tire; a belt layer buried in a tread part; and a single cord layer formed by arranging a plurality of cords, the single cord layer being disposed between the air permeation preventive layer and the belt layer in the tread part and in direct contact with and disposed between the air permeation preventive layer and sidewall parts, said single cord layer extending to a bead part side further from a tire maximum width position, wherein the single cord layer is a carcass layer extending continuously between a pair of bead parts and folded back around a bead core in each of the pair of bead parts from an inner side of the tire to an outer side thereof to form folded-back parts, and at least a part of each folded-back part is located close to an outer surface of the tire, said at least a part of each folded-back part being located at a height in a range from 0.1H to 0.2H, from a bead heel, in the radial direction of the tire, with respect to the cross-sectional height H of the tire, so that the distance between the cords and the outer surface of the tire is not more than 1 mm.