Patent ID: 8082964

Claim:
A tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising: a carcass structure; at least one annular reinforcing structure; a tread band; and a pair of sidewalls; wherein the carcass structure comprises: at least one carcass ply; wherein one of the at least one carcass plies comprises: a plurality of elongated elements comprising a plurality of strip-like elements having terminal parts, the plurality of strip-like elements being physically distinct from one another; wherein the elongated elements are disposed in a substantially U-shaped conformation around a cross-section profile of the tyre, wherein each elongated element comprises: two side portions at mutually-spaced-apart positions in an axial direction; and a crown portion that extends at a radially external position between the side portions; wherein the at least one annular reinforcing structure is associated with the carcass structure at the side portions of the elongated elements, wherein the at least one annular reinforcing structure comprises: a first bead core; and a second bead core, wherein the first bead core is disposed axially internal to the at least one carcass ply, wherein the second bead core is disposed axially external to the at least one carcass ply, and wherein the first bead core and the second bead core are disposed at a same radial position of the tyre; wherein a fraction of the elongated elements of the carcass ply is turned up around one of the first bead core and the second bead core, the fraction being less than all of the elongated elements, wherein the tread band is disposed radially external to the carcass structure, and wherein the sidewalls are disposed at axially opposite positions on the carcass structure.