Patent ID: 7661453

Claim:
A tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising: a carcass structure; a tread band extending circumferentially around the carcass structure; a belt structure circumferentially located between the carcass structure and the tread band; and at least one pair of sidewalls applied to the carcass structure in axially opposite positions; wherein the carcass structure comprises at least one carcass ply, wherein ends of the carcass ply are fastened to a pair of annular reinforcing elements, wherein each annular reinforcing element is incorporated in a respective bead of the tyre, and wherein each annular reinforcing element comprises at least one cord, and wherein the at least one cord comprises a plurality of thread elements stranded together and including at least one preformed metallic thread element, the preformed metallic thread element being deformed plastically so as to have a coplanar undulating form along a longitudinal extension of the preformed metallic thread element before formation of the cord.