Patent ID: 7677284

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion defining a ground contacting width, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, and a carcass made of cords extending between the bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portions, wherein the tread portion is provided radially inside the carcass with a flexible tread tape extending substantially continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and having a thickness of not more than 2.0 mm and a width of from 10 to 90% of the ground contacting width, the tread tape being made of a single homogeneous material which is a paper sheet, having a tensile elastic modulus larger than any rubber existing between the tread tape and the adjacent carcass cords, wherein the tread tape has a tensile strength in the tire circumferential direction in a range of from 11 to 220 N/10 mm and a tensile strength in the tire axial direction in a range of from 11 to 130 N/10 mm.