Patent ID: 7165588

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread having an external surface forming a tread surface, a pair of sidewalls extended almost inward in a radial direction from both ends of the tread, a pair of beads extended almost inward in the radial direction from the sidewalls, a carcass laid between both of the beads along insides of the tread and the sidewalls, a belt provided on the carcass at an inside in the radial direction of the tread, and a band positioned between the belt and the tread and covering the belt, wherein a band ply constituting the band is formed by a band cord and a topping rubber, the band ply is spirally wound in a circumferential direction, the band ply includes a side portion positioned in the vicinity of an edge of the belt and a center portion positioned in the vicinity of a center in an axial direction, a modulus of the band cord of the side portion is lower than 8000 N/mm 2 and is higher than that of the band cord of the center portion, and a width Ws of the side portion is 5.0% to 20.0% of a width Wb of the band.