Patent ID: 7093635

Claim:
A pneumatic tire for use on aircrafts having a nominal bead diameter N BD , a tread, a crown reinforcement, and a radial carcass reinforcement comprising at least one axially inner ply of textile cord wound around a pair of bead cores, the bead cores have a radial height B h , the at least one axially inner ply being wound around the bead core in each bead from inside to the outside forming outside turn-ups and at least one axially outer ply of textile cords extending from bead to bead along the turn-ups of the inner plies, each bead having an elastomeric filler of substantially triangular shape, the apex A of the filler being located above the bead core extending a distance D as measured from a line YY′ parallel to the axis of the tire and passing through the location of the nominal bead diameter, the tire further including a flipper wound around the bead core to form an axially inner leg and an axially outer leg, the axially inner leg being located at a radial distance li from the reference line YY′ and the axially outer end leg being located a radial distance Le from the reference line YY′, wherein L I >B H ; and LE<0.7 D; and a chafer, partially surrounding the radially outermost cords wires of a bead core, the chafer having a radially inner first edge and a radially outer second edge, the first edge extending radially outwardly to a radial location R I , R I being between a radially innermost line P, P being parallel to the axis of the tire and tangent to the radially innermost location of bead core, and a distance less than 50% of the radial distance D; and the second edge of the chafer is located at a radial distance R E , R E being between a radially innermost line P tangent to a radially innermost surface of the bead core and a distance less than 50% of the radial distance D.