Patent ID: 7798188

Claim:
A pneumatic tire using a two layer laminate of a thermoplastic resin and a rubber; wherein said laminate consists of a first thermoplastic resin layer (A), wherein said first thermoplastic resin layer comprises a polyamide resin matrix containing an elastomer dispersed therein and a second unvulcanized diene-based rubber layer (B), wherein said second unvulcanized diene-based rubber layer comprises a diene-based rubber, wherein a low molecular weight diene-based rubber having an acid anhydride group and having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 50,000, partially or totally laminated in at least one layer each to form a laminate integrated at the time of vulcanization, and wherein the two layer laminate replaces the combination of (i) an inner liner and (ii) (a) a carcass layer or (b) a carcass layer and a tie rubber layer.