Patent ID: 8800625

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: a rim; and a pneumatic tire that is assembled on the rim, wherein the pneumatic tire comprises a pair of bead portions provided to face each other in a tire width direction, each of the bead portions comprising: a bead core; and a bead filler that buries the bead core, the bead filler being made of rubber having a JIS hardness in a range from 70 to 100, wherein a radially inner surface of each of said bead cores is positioned at the same height; a carcass layer having a single-layered structure and extending between the bead portions, the carcass layer comprising reinforcing cords extending in a tire radial direction and being arranged in a tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of belt layers disposed at an outer circumference of the carcass layer at a tread portion, wherein the carcass layer is folded around the bead core from inside to outside in a tire axial direction to enfold the bead filler and to have a folded portion that extends to a position beneath a side edge portion of one of the belt layers, wherein the pneumatic tire further comprises a rubber reinforcing layer is made of rubber, having a JIS hardness in a range from 70 to 100 and having an average thickness in a range from 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, the rubber reinforcing layer being disposed on the folded portion of the carcass layer at an outer side in a tire axial direction at a side wall portion to extend across a maximum width position Pm of the carcass layer, wherein an inner face toward which the pneumatic tire is fixed to a vehicle and an outer face opposing the inner face are defined, and wherein a rubber reinforcing layer positioned at the inner face is provided more inward in the tire radial direction than a rubber reinforcing layer positioned at the outer face.